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insistere

insist

verb een-SEE-steh-reh Less Common
Communication Speech

Origin: from Latin 'insistere'

Also means

persist

Usage Note

Insistere is followed by su for a topic or a/nel plus an infinitive for an action, as in insistere nel fare ('to keep on doing'). It takes avere in compound tenses, with the past participle insistito. It conveys stubborn persistence.

Examples

"Insiste sempre sullo stesso punto."

Natural Translation

He always insists on the same point.

Literal Translation

He-insists always on-the same point.

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