insistir
intransitive verb
1 (perseverar)
bueno, si insistes all right, if you insist; insistió en que se trataba de un error she insisted that it was a mistake; she was adamant that it was a mistake; insistió en que nos quedásemos a cenar she insisted that we should stay to supper; insisto en que todos abandonen la sala I insist that everyone leave o leaves the room; no insistas, que no pienso ir don't keep on about it because I'm not going; yo le decía que no, pero él insistía I said no, but he kept on and on about it; insiste y al final lo conseguirás keep at it and you'll get there in the end; si no te contestan, insiste if they don't answer, keep trying; insistieron en casarse en junio they were adamant that they should get married in June
