insistent

in·sis·tent  (n-sstnt)

adj.

1. Firm in asserting a demand or an opinion; unyielding.

2. Demanding attention or a response: insistent hunger.

3. Repetitive and persistent: the jay's insistent cry.

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in·sistent·ly adv.

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insistent [ɪnˈsɪstənt]

adj

1. making continual and persistent demands

2. demanding notice or attention; compelling the insistent cry of a bird

insistence , insistency n

insistently  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	insistent - repetitive and persistent; "the bluejay's insistent cry" repetitive continual - occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"
	2.	insistent - demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" crying, exigent, clamant, instant imperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"

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insistent

adjective

1. persistent, demanding, pressing, dogged, urgent, forceful, emphatic, persevering, unrelenting, peremptory, importunate, exigent He is most insistent on this point.

2. persistent, repeated, constant, repetitive, incessant, unremitting the insistent rhythms of dance music

Translations

insistent [ɪnˈsɪstənt] ADJ [person, demands, questions] → insistente
to be insistent that → insistir en que
he was insistent that we should have a drink → insistió en que tomásemos una copa
he was insistent that he had switched the light off → insistía en que había apagado la luz
to be insistent about sth → insistir en algo
she was insistent about leaving at seven → insistió en salir a las siete
to be insistent on sth → insistir en algo
she is most insistent on this point → insiste mucho en este punto
we could hear the insistent ringing of a telephone in another room → podríamos oír el insistente sonido de un teléfono en otra habitación
in an insistent tone → con un tono apremiante

insistent [ɪnˈsɪstənt] adj

(= determined) [person] → insistant(e)
to be insistent that → insister pour que ... + subj
She had been insistent that the matter be resolved quickly → Elle avait insisté pour que les choses soient réglées rapidement.

(= continual) [noise, rhythm] → insistant(e)
the phone's insistent ringing → la sonnerie insistante du téléphone

insistent

adj

person → beharrlich, hartnäckig; salesman etc → aufdringlich; I didn’t want to but he was insistent (that …) → ich wollte eigentlich nicht, aber er bestand or beharrte darauf (, dass …); he was most insistent about it → er beharrte or bestand hartnäckig darauf

(= urgent) demand, tone → nachdrücklich, penetrant (pej); rhythm → aufdringlich; ringing → penetrant (pej); (= constant) → unaufhörlich

insistent [ɪnˈsɪst/ənt] adj → insistente

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insistent [ɪnˈsɪst/ənt] adj → insistente