insistir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin īnsistere, present active infinitive of īnsistō.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.sisˈti/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.sisˈtiɾ/

Verb

insistir (first-person singular present insisteixo, past participle insistit)

1. to insist

Conjugation

Conjugation of insistir (third conjugation with -eix- infix)

infinitive			insistir
present participle			insistint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		insistit		insistida
		plural		insistits		insistides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	insisteixo	insisteixes	insisteix	insistim	insistiu	insisteixen
	imperfect	insistia	insisties	insistia	insistíem	insistíeu	insistien
	future	insistiré	insistiràs	insistirà	insistirem	insistireu	insistiran
	preterite	insistí	insistires	insistí	insistírem	insistíreu	insistiren
	conditional	insistiria	insistiries	insistiria	insistiríem	insistiríeu	insistirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	insisteixi	insisteixis	insisteixi	insistim	insistiu	insisteixin
	imperfect	insistís	insistissis	insistís	insistíssim	insistíssiu	insistissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	insisteix	insisteixi	insistim	insistiu	insisteixin

Related terms

• insistència
• insistent

Further reading

• “insistir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “insistir” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “insistir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “insistir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnsistere, present active infinitive of īnsistō.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siʃˈtiɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sis.ˈtʃi(ʁ)/
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siʃˈti(χ)/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sisˈtʃi(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sisˈtʃi(ɻ)/
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si(j)ʃˈtʃi(χ)/
• Hyphenation: in‧sis‧tir
• Rhymes: -istir

Verb

insistir (first-person singular present indicative insisto, past participle insistido)

1. to insist

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb insistir

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ir group. Verbs with this conjugation include: definir, descobrir, desistir, garantir, partir.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	insistir
Personal	insistir	insistires	insistir	insistirmos	insistirdes	insistirem
Gerund
	insistindo
Past participle
Masculine	insistido			insistidos
Feminine	insistida			insistidas
Indicative
Present	insisto	insistes	insiste	insistimos	insistis	insistem
Imperfect	insistia	insistias	insistia	insistíamos	insistíeis	insistiam
Preterite	insisti	insististe	insistiu	insistimos	insististes	insistiram
Pluperfect	insistira	insistiras	insistira	insistíramos	insistíreis	insistiram
Future	insistirei	insistirás	insistirá	insistiremos	insistireis	insistirão
Conditional
	insistiria	insistirias	insistiria	insistiríamos	insistiríeis	insistiriam
Subjunctive
Present	insista	insistas	insista	insistamos	insistais	insistam
Imperfect	insistisse	insistisses	insistisse	insistíssemos	insistísseis	insistissem
Future	insistir	insistires	insistir	insistirmos	insistirdes	insistirem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	insiste	insista	insistamos	insisti	insistam
Negative (não)	-	insistas	insista	insistamos	insistais	insistam

Related terms

• insistência
• insistente

Further reading

• “insistir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnsistere, present active infinitive of īnsistō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insisˈtiɾ/, [ĩn.sis.ˈt̪iɾ]

Verb

insistir (first-person singular present insisto, first-person singular preterite insistí, past participle insistido)

1. to insist

Conjugation

    Conjugation of insistir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			insistir
gerund			insistiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		insistido		insistida
		plural		insistidos		insistidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	insisto	insistestú insistísvos	insiste	insistimos	insistís	insisten
	imperfect	insistía	insistías	insistía	insistíamos	insistíais	insistían
	preterite	insistí	insististe	insistió	insistimos	insististeis	insistieron
	future	insistiré	insistirás	insistirá	insistiremos	insistiréis	insistirán
	conditional	insistiría	insistirías	insistiría	insistiríamos	insistiríais	insistirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	insista	insistastú insistásvos2	insista	insistamos	insistáis	insistan
	imperfect (ra)	insistiera	insistieras	insistiera	insistiéramos	insistierais	insistieran
	imperfect (se)	insistiese	insistieses	insistiese	insistiésemos	insistieseis	insistiesen
	future1	insistiere	insistieres	insistiere	insistiéremos	insistiereis	insistieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		insistetú insistívos	insista	insistamos	insistid	insistan
	negative		no insistas	no insista	no insistamos	no insistáis	no insistan

• ¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
• ² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of insistir^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive insistir
	dative	insistirme	insistirte	insistirle, insistirse	insistirnos	insistiros	insistirles, insistirse
	accusative	insistirme	insistirte	insistirlo, insistirla, insistirse	insistirnos	insistiros	insistirlos, insistirlas, insistirse
with gerund insistiendo
	dative	insistiéndome	insistiéndote	insistiéndole, insistiéndose	insistiéndonos	insistiéndoos	insistiéndoles, insistiéndose
	accusative	insistiéndome	insistiéndote	insistiéndolo, insistiéndola, insistiéndose	insistiéndonos	insistiéndoos	insistiéndolos, insistiéndolas, insistiéndose
with informal second-person singular imperative insiste
	dative	insísteme	insístete	insístele	insístenos	not used	insísteles
	accusative	insísteme	insístete	insístelo, insístela	insístenos	not used	insístelos, insístelas
with formal second-person singular imperative insista
	dative	insístame	not used	insístale, insístase	insístanos	not used	insístales
	accusative	insístame	not used	insístalo, insístala, insístase	insístanos	not used	insístalos, insístalas
with first-person plural imperative insistamos
	dative	not used	insistámoste	insistámosle	insistámonos	insistámoos	insistámosles
	accusative	not used	insistámoste	insistámoslo, insistámosla	insistámonos	insistámoos	insistámoslos, insistámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative insistid
	dative	insistidme	not used	insistidle	insistidnos	insistíos	insistidles
	accusative	insistidme	not used	insistidlo, insistidla	insistidnos	insistíos	insistidlos, insistidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative insistan
	dative	insístanme	not used	insístanle	insístannos	not used	insístanles, insístanse
	accusative	insístanme	not used	insístanlo, insístanla	insístannos	not used	insístanlos, insístanlas, insístanse

Related terms

• insistencia
• insistente

Further reading

• “insistir” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.