English
Pronunciation
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Verb
en-verb
- (with on or upon) to hold up a claim emphatically.
#:The defendant insisted on his innocence.
- (with on or upon) to demand continually that something happen or be done.
#:The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor to resign.
Translations
trans-top|to hold up a claim emphatically
Czech: trvat na <claim>
Dutch: blijven bij, volhouden, met klem beweren, erop staan
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Slovak: trvaÅ¥ (na nieÄom)
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Arabic: ARchar|إصر|إصَرّ على (iʂárra ʕála)
French: insister
German: bestehen auf (1,2)
Japanese: 主張|主張ã™ã‚‹ (shuchÅ surú)
Portuguese: insistir
Slovak: naliehať (2)
Spanish: insistir, empeñarse
Homonyms
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