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insistat
insisted /in.sisˈtat/
verb#4106 most common
Also: pressed (for), pushed (for)
Example sentences
Am insistat mult.
I insisted a lot.
Ea a insistat să vină cu noi.
She insisted on coming with us.
Profesorul a insistat asupra importanței temelor.
The teacher insisted on the importance of homework.
Am insistat pe lângă șeful meu să-mi acorde o zi liberă.
I pressed my boss to give me a day off.
Deși toată lumea era împotrivă, el a insistat cu încăpățânare asupra planului său inițial.
Although everyone was against it, he stubbornly insisted on his original plan.
Avocatul a insistat îndelung asupra faptului că probele fuseseră obținute ilegal, subminând astfel întreaga acuzare.
The lawyer insisted at length on the fact that the evidence had been obtained illegally, thereby undermining the whole prosecution.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | insist | insistai | voi insista |
| 2sg | insiști | insistași | vei insista |
| 3sg | insistă | insistă | va insista |
| 1pl | insistăm | insistarăm | vom insista |
| 2pl | insistați | insistarăți | veți insista |
| 3pl | insistă | insistară | vor insista |
Word family
a insistato insist
insistentinsistent, persistent
insistențăinsistence
Etymology
Insistat is the past participle of a insista, borrowed from French insister, which itself descends from Latin insistere, formed from in- (on, upon) and sistere (to stand, to take a stand). Sistere is the reduplicated present stem tied to stare, to stand. The word entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of the wave of French and Latin-based vocabulary that reshaped the modern literary language.
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