English-Portuguese translations for insist

• insistir
  Foi acertado insistir neste aspecto. It was right to insist on that.
  Não devemos convidar as autoridades, mas insistir junto delas. We should not ask the authorities, but insist.
  Gostaria muito de insistir neste aspecto. I would very much like to insist on that.

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