Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | insisto | |
| tú | insistes | |
| él / ella / usted | insiste | |
| nosotros / nosotras | insistimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | insistís | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | insisten |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | insistí | |
| tú | insististe | |
| él / ella / usted | insistió | |
| nosotros / nosotras | insistimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | insististeis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | insistieron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | insistía | |
| tú | insistías | |
| él / ella / usted | insistía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | insistíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | insistíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | insistían |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | insistiré | |
| tú | insistirás | |
| él / ella / usted | insistirá | |
| nosotros / nosotras | insistiremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | insistiréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | insistirán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | insistiría | |
| tú | insistirías | |
| él / ella / usted | insistiría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | insistiríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | insistiríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | insistirían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | insista | |
| tú | insistas | |
| él / ella / usted | insista | |
| nosotros / nosotras | insistamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | insistáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | insistan |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to insist
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Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations