Persistir

to persist

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

persistir

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

persistiendo

📋

Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

persistido

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	persisto I persist	I persist
tú	persistes you persist	you persist
él/ella/usted	persiste he/she/you persists	he/she/you persists
nosotros	persistimos we persist	we persist
vosotros	persistís you all persist	you all persist
ellos/ustedes	persisten they/you all persist	they/you all persist

🕰️

Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	persistía I used to persist	I used to persist
tú	persistías you used to persist	you used to persist
él/ella/usted	persistía he/she/you used to persist	he/she/you used to persist
nosotros	persistíamos we used to persist	we used to persist
vosotros	persistíais you all used to persist	you all used to persist
ellos/ustedes	persistían they/you all used to persist	they/you all used to persist

📅

Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	persistí I persisted	I persisted
tú	persististe you persisted	you persisted
él/ella/usted	persistió he/she/you persisted	he/she/you persisted
nosotros	persistimos we persisted	we persisted
vosotros	persististeis you all persisted	you all persisted
ellos/ustedes	persistieron they/you all persisted	they/you all persisted

🔮

Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	persistiré I will persist	I will persist
tú	persistirás you will persist	you will persist
él/ella/usted	persistirá he/she/you will persist	he/she/you will persist
nosotros	persistiremos we will persist	we will persist
vosotros	persistiréis you all will persist	you all will persist
ellos/ustedes	persistirán they/you all will persist	they/you all will persist

🎯

Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	persistiría I would persist	I would persist
tú	persistirías you would persist	you would persist
él/ella/usted	persistiría he/she/you would persist	he/she/you would persist
nosotros	persistiríamos we would persist	we would persist
vosotros	persistiríais you all would persist	you all would persist
ellos/ustedes	persistirían they/you all would persist	they/you all would persist

💭

Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	persista that I persist	that I persist
tú	persistas that you persist	that you persist
él/ella/usted	persista that he/she/you persist	that he/she/you persist
nosotros	persistamos that we persist	that we persist
vosotros	persistáis that you all persist	that you all persist
ellos/ustedes	persistan that they/you all persist	that they/you all persist

🌙

Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	persistiera or persistiese that I persisted	that I persisted
tú	persistieras or persistieses that you persisted	that you persisted
él/ella/usted	persistiera or persistiese that he/she/you persisted	that he/she/you persisted
nosotros	persistiéramos or persistiésemos that we persisted	that we persisted
vosotros	persistierais or persistieseis that you all persisted	that you all persisted
ellos/ustedes	persistieran or persistiesen that they/you all persisted	that they/you all persisted

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

📍

Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

🎊

Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

🔄

Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

🌌

Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

❗

Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	persiste	persist! (you)
usted	persista	persist! (you formal)
nosotros	persistamos	let's persist!
vosotros	persistid	persist! (you all)
ustedes	persistan	persist! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no persistas	don't persist! (you)
usted	no persista	don't persist! (you formal)
nosotros	no persistamos	let's not persist!
vosotros	no persistáis	don't persist! (you all)
ustedes	no persistan	don't persist! (you all)

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