insist
/ɪnˈsɪst/Translation
v [t, i]
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⇨ insistir
She insisted on helping me Insistió en ayudarme
⇨ empeñarse
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⇨ exigir
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⇨ hacer hincapié
■ constr. 1. to insist + (that) 2. to insist on/upon + sth/doing sth(Definition of insist v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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