insist

insistir, empeñarse

Seguir diciendo que quieres algo aunque otras personas se opongan.

En inglés sencillo: To keep saying that you want something, even when other people disagree.

• You can come if you insist.
• He insisted on paying for lunch.
• Why do you insist on doing everything yourself?

Cómo se usa: insist on doing something (He insisted on driving despite our objections.); insist that someone do something (She insisted that we stay for dinner.)

Sinónimos: demand

Antónimos: yield

Expresiones frecuentes: insist on something, insist on paying, insist on going, insist on payment

sostener, insistir

Afirmar con firmeza que algo es cierto, especialmente cuando otros lo ponen en duda.

En inglés sencillo: To say firmly that something is true, especially when other people doubt it.

• I insist that I am right.
• She insisted she had never seen the letter.
• The witnesses still insist that they heard two shots.

Cómo se usa: insist that… (The driver insisted that the light was green.); insist on something (Despite the evidence, he insisted on his innocence.)

Sinónimos: maintain, assert, declare

Expresiones frecuentes: insist that, insist on innocence