insistir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsistere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.sisˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.sisˈtiɾ]

Verb

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

1. to insist

Conjugation

infinitive			insistir
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	insisteix	insisteixi	insistim	insistiu	insisteixin
	negative (no)	—	no insisteixis	no insisteixi	no insistim	no insistiu	no insisteixin

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

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, 2025
• “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.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insisˈtiɾ/ [in.s̺is̺ˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Hyphenation: in‧sis‧tir

Verb

insistir (first-person singular present insisto, first-person singular preterite insistín, past participle insistido)
insistir (first-person singular present insisto, first-person singular preterite insistim or insisti, past participle insistido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to insist

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	insistir
Personal	insistir	insistires	insistir	insistirmos	insistirdes	insistiren
Gerund
	insistindo
Past participle
Masculine	insistido			insistidos
Feminine	insistida			insistidas
Indicative
Present	insisto	insistes	insiste	insistimos	insistides	insisten
Imperfect	insistía	insistías	insistía	insistiamos	insistiades	insistían
Preterite	insistín	insistiches	insistiu	insistimos	insististes	insistiron
Pluperfect	insistira	insistiras	insistira	insistiramos	insistirades	insistiran
Future	insistirei	insistirás	insistirá	insistiremos	insistiredes	insistirán
Conditional	insistiría	insistirías	insistiría	insistiriamos	insistiriades	insistirían
Subjunctive
Present	insista	insistas	insista	insistamos	insistades	insistan
Imperfect	insistise	insistises	insistise	insistísemos	insistísedes	insistisen
Future	insistir	insistires	insistir	insistirmos	insistirdes	insistiren
Imperative
Affirmative		insiste	insista	insistamos	insistide	insistan
Negative (non)		non insistas	non insista	non insistamos	non insistades	non insistan

    Conjugation of insistir

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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	insistides, insistis	insistem
Imperfect	insistia	insistias	insistia	insistíamos	insistíades, insistíeis, insistíais1	insistiam
Preterite	insistim, insisti	insististe, insistiche1	insistiu	insistimos	insististes	insistírom, insistiram
Pluperfect	insistira	insistiras	insistira	insistíramos	insistírades, insistíreis, insistírais1	insistiram
Future	insistirei	insistirás	insistirá	insistiremos	insistiredes, insistireis	insistirám, insistirão
Conditional	insistiria	insistirias	insistiria	insistiríamos	insistiríades, insistiríeis, insistiríais1	insistiriam
Subjunctive
Present	insista	insistas	insista	insistamos	insistades, insistais	insistam
Imperfect	insistisse	insistisses	insistisse	insistíssemos	insistíssedes, insistísseis	insistissem
Future	insistir	insistires	insistir	insistirmos	insistirdes	insistirem
Imperative
Affirmative		insiste	insista	insistamos	insistide, insisti	insistam
Negative (nom)		nom insistas	nom insista	nom insistamos	nom insistades, nom insistais	nom insistam

    Reintegrated conjugation of insistir (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• insistencia

Further reading

• “insistir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “insistir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Verb

insistir

1. to insist

Conjugation

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Related terms

• insisténcia
• insistent
• insistentament

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsistere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sisˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sisˈt͡ʃi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sisˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sisˈt͡ʃi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sisˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siʃˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.siʃˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sisˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siʃˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siʃˈtiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siʃˈti.ɾi/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siʃˈti(χ)/
• Hyphenation: in‧sis‧tir

Verb

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

1. to insist

Conjugation

	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)		não insistas	não insista	não insistamos	não insistais	não insistam

    Conjugation of insistir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

Related terms

• insistência
• insistente

Further reading

• “insistir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnsistere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insisˈtiɾ/ [ĩn.sisˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: in‧sis‧tir

Verb

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

1. to insist

Conjugation

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

    Conjugation of insistir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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

		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 tú imperative insiste	dative	insísteme	insístete	insístele	insístenos	not used	insísteles
	accusative	insísteme	insístete	insístelo, insístela	insístenos	not used	insístelos, insístelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative insistí	dative	insistime	insistite	insistile	insistinos	not used	insistiles
	accusative	insistime	insistite	insistilo, insistila	insistinos	not used	insistilos, insistilas
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

    Selected combined forms of insistir

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

Related terms

• insistencia
• insistente

Further reading

• “insistir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10