English-Italian translations for insist

• insistere
  Non dovremmo avanzare richieste alle autorità, ma insistere presso di esse. We should not ask the authorities, but insist.
  E' nel nostro diritto insistere e noi insistiamo. It is our right to insist and we do so.
  Vorrei seriamente insistere su questo punto. I would very much like to insist on that.
• esigere
  Esigere tale circoscrizione vuol dire fare una caricatura della democrazia. To insist on such a thing would be a travesty of democracy.
  Deve esigere che si faccia luce sulle torture. It must also insist that the cases of torture be investigated.
  In primo luogo, dobbiamo esigere grande fermezza da parte delle istituzioni e dei governi. First and foremost, we must insist that institutions and governments act firmly.
• persistere

Definition of insist

• To hold up a claim emphatically
• To demand continually that something happen or be done
• To stand ; to rest ; to lean (upon

Examples

• The defendant insisted on his innocence
• I insist that my secretary dresses nicely
• The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellors resignation
• The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign
• I insist that my secretary dress nicely

Related words

• insistence
• insistent
• insisting
• insistently
• insist on
• I insist on it