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insistir

insistir

Catalan

Verb

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

to insist

Conjugation

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

person		singular			plural
infinitive			insistir
present participle			insistint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		insistit		insistida
		plural		insistits		insistides
person		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
imperative		—	insisteix	insisteixi	insistim	insistiu	insisteixin

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnsistere, present active infinitive of īnsistō.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siʃ.ˈtiɾ/
Hyphenation: in‧sis‧tir

Verb

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

to insist

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb insistir

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ir group. Verbs with this conjugation include: definir, descobrir, desistir, garantir, partir.
	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

Spanish

Verb

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

to insist

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			insistir
gerund			insistiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		insistido		insistida
		plural		insistidos		insistidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	insisto	insistes^tú insistís^{^vos}	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 usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	insista	insistas^{^tú} insistás^{^vos¹}	insista	insistamos	insistáis	insistan
	imperfect (ra)	insistiera	insistieras	insistiera	insistiéramos	insistierais	insistieran
	imperfect (se)	insistiese	insistieses	insistiese	insistiésemos	insistieseis	insistiesen
	future	insistiere	insistieres	insistiere	insistiéremos	insistiereis	insistieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		insiste^{^tú} insistí^{^vos}	insista	insistamos	insistid	insistan
	negative		no insistas	no insista	no insistamos	no insistáis	no insistan

¹Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.