Insistir

to insist

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

insistir

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

insistiendo

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

insistido

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	insisto I insist	I insist
tú	insistes you insist	you insist
él/ella/usted	insiste he/she/you insists	he/she/you insists
nosotros	insistimos we insist	we insist
vosotros	insistís you all insist	you all insist
ellos/ustedes	insisten they/you all insist	they/you all insist

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	insistía I used to insist	I used to insist
tú	insistías you used to insist	you used to insist
él/ella/usted	insistía he/she/you used to insist	he/she/you used to insist
nosotros	insistíamos we used to insist	we used to insist
vosotros	insistíais you all used to insist	you all used to insist
ellos/ustedes	insistían they/you all used to insist	they/you all used to insist

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	insistí I insisted	I insisted
tú	insististe you insisted	you insisted
él/ella/usted	insistió he/she/you insisted	he/she/you insisted
nosotros	insistimos we insisted	we insisted
vosotros	insististeis you all insisted	you all insisted
ellos/ustedes	insistieron they/you all insisted	they/you all insisted

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	insistiré I will insist	I will insist
tú	insistirás you will insist	you will insist
él/ella/usted	insistirá he/she/you will insist	he/she/you will insist
nosotros	insistiremos we will insist	we will insist
vosotros	insistiréis you all will insist	you all will insist
ellos/ustedes	insistirán they/you all will insist	they/you all will insist

🎯

Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	insistiría I would insist	I would insist
tú	insistirías you would insist	you would insist
él/ella/usted	insistiría he/she/you would insist	he/she/you would insist
nosotros	insistiríamos we would insist	we would insist
vosotros	insistiríais you all would insist	you all would insist
ellos/ustedes	insistirían they/you all would insist	they/you all would insist

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	insista that I insist	that I insist
tú	insistas that you insist	that you insist
él/ella/usted	insista that he/she/you insist	that he/she/you insist
nosotros	insistamos that we insist	that we insist
vosotros	insistáis that you all insist	that you all insist
ellos/ustedes	insistan that they/you all insist	that they/you all insist

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	insistiera or insistiese that I insisted	that I insisted
tú	insistieras or insistieses that you insisted	that you insisted
él/ella/usted	insistiera or insistiese that he/she/you insisted	that he/she/you insisted
nosotros	insistiéramos or insistiésemos that we insisted	that we insisted
vosotros	insistierais or insistieseis that you all insisted	that you all insisted
ellos/ustedes	insistieran or insistiesen that they/you all insisted	that they/you all insisted

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he insistido I have insisted	I have insisted
tú	has insistido you have insisted	you have insisted
él/ella/usted	ha insistido he/she/you have insisted	he/she/you have insisted
nosotros	hemos insistido we have insisted	we have insisted
vosotros	habéis insistido you all have insisted	you all have insisted
ellos/ustedes	han insistido they/you all have insisted	they/you all have insisted

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había insistido I had insisted	I had insisted
tú	habías insistido you had insisted	you had insisted
él/ella/usted	había insistido he/she/you had insisted	he/she/you had insisted
nosotros	habíamos insistido we had insisted	we had insisted
vosotros	habíais insistido you all had insisted	you all had insisted
ellos/ustedes	habían insistido they/you all had insisted	they/you all had insisted

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube insistido I had insisted	I had insisted
tú	hubiste insistido you had insisted	you had insisted
él/ella/usted	hubo insistido he/she/you had insisted	he/she/you had insisted
nosotros	hubimos insistido we had insisted	we had insisted
vosotros	hubisteis insistido you all had insisted	you all had insisted
ellos/ustedes	hubieron insistido they/you all had insisted	they/you all had insisted

🎊

Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré insistido I will have insisted	I will have insisted
tú	habrás insistido you will have insisted	you will have insisted
él/ella/usted	habrá insistido he/she/you will have insisted	he/she/you will have insisted
nosotros	habremos insistido we will have insisted	we will have insisted
vosotros	habréis insistido you all will have insisted	you all will have insisted
ellos/ustedes	habrán insistido they/you all will have insisted	they/you all will have insisted

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría insistido I would have insisted	I would have insisted
tú	habrías insistido you would have insisted	you would have insisted
él/ella/usted	habría insistido he/she/you would have insisted	he/she/you would have insisted
nosotros	habríamos insistido we would have insisted	we would have insisted
vosotros	habríais insistido you all would have insisted	you all would have insisted
ellos/ustedes	habrían insistido they/you all would have insisted	they/you all would have insisted

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya insistido that I have insisted	that I have insisted
tú	hayas insistido that you have insisted	that you have insisted
él/ella/usted	haya insistido that he/she/you have insisted	that he/she/you have insisted
nosotros	hayamos insistido that we have insisted	that we have insisted
vosotros	hayáis insistido that you all have insisted	that you all have insisted
ellos/ustedes	hayan insistido that they/you all have insisted	that they/you all have insisted

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera insistido that I had insisted	that I had insisted
tú	hubieras insistido that you had insisted	that you had insisted
él/ella/usted	hubiera insistido that he/she/you had insisted	that he/she/you had insisted
nosotros	hubiéramos insistido that we had insisted	that we had insisted
vosotros	hubierais insistido that you all had insisted	that you all had insisted
ellos/ustedes	hubieran insistido that they/you all had insisted	that they/you all had insisted

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	insiste	insist! (you)
usted	insista	insist! (you formal)
nosotros	insistamos	let's insist!
vosotros	insistid	insist! (you all)
ustedes	insistan	insist! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no insistas	don't insist! (you)
usted	no insista	don't insist! (you formal)
nosotros	no insistamos	let's not insist!
vosotros	no insistáis	don't insist! (you all)
ustedes	no insistan	don't insist! (you all)

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