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insistir

to insist

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is a regular -ir verb.

The Spanish verb insistir means to insist.

Present tense:

yoinsisto
insistes
él/ella/ustedinsiste
nosotrosinsistimos
vosotrosinsistís
ellos/ellas/ustedesinsisten

Complete Conjugation Tables

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

present

yoinsista
nosotrosinsistamos
vosotrosinsistáis
él/ella/ustedinsista
ellos/ellas/ustedesinsistan
insistas

The present subjunctive of insistir uses -a endings: insista, insistas, insista, insistamos, insistáis, insistan.

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imperfect

yoinsistiera
nosotrosinsistiéramos
vosotrosinsistierais
él/ella/ustedinsistiera
ellos/ellas/ustedesinsistieran
insistieras

The imperfect subjunctive of insistir is insistiera, insistieras, insistiera, insistiéramos, insistierais, insistieran.

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imperative

affirmative

insiste
nosotrosinsistamos
ustedinsista
vosotrosinsistid
ustedesinsistan

The affirmative imperative of insistir uses insiste (tú), insista (usted), and insistid (vosotros).

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negative

no insistas
nosotrosno insistamos
ustedno insista
vosotrosno insistáis
ustedesno insistan

The negative imperative of insistir uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms.

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indicative

present

yoinsisto
nosotrosinsistimos
vosotrosinsistís
él/ella/ustedinsiste
ellos/ellas/ustedesinsisten
insistes

The present tense of insistir is regular: insisto, insistes, insiste, insistimos, insistís, insisten.

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preterite

yoinsistí
nosotrosinsistimos
vosotrosinsististeis
él/ella/ustedinsistió
ellos/ellas/ustedesinsistieron
insististe

The preterite of insistir follows the regular -ir pattern: insistí, insististe, insistió, insistimos, insististeis, insistieron.

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future

yoinsistiré
nosotrosinsistiremos
vosotrosinsistiréis
él/ella/ustedinsistirá
ellos/ellas/ustedesinsistirán
insistirás

The future of insistir is regular: add -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.

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imperfect

yoinsistía
nosotrosinsistíamos
vosotrosinsistíais
él/ella/ustedinsistía
ellos/ellas/ustedesinsistían
insistías

The imperfect of insistir uses standard -ía endings: insistía, insistías, insistía, insistíamos, insistíais, insistían.

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conditional

yoinsistiría
nosotrosinsistiríamos
vosotrosinsistiríais
él/ella/ustedinsistiría
ellos/ellas/ustedesinsistirían
insistirías

The conditional of insistir is formed by adding -ía endings to the infinitive: insistiría, insistirías, etc.

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