- insistencia
- f.insistence.* * *insistencia► nombre femenino1 (acción) insistence, persistence; (cualidad) insistency■ perdóneme la insistencia, pero ... forgive me for being so insistent but ...■ llamé a su puerta con insistencia I knocked at her door repeatedly* * *noun f.insistence* * *SF [de persona] insistence (en on)[de quejas] persistence
a insistencia de — at the insistence of
se repite con insistencia machacona — it is repeated with wearisome insistence
* * *femenino insistencecon insistencia — insistently
* * *= insistence, persistence.Ex. At the heart of the debate on Community budget and agricultural reforms has been the UK's insistence on the need to put the brakes on runaway spending on agriculture.Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.----* con insistencia = insistently.* pedir con insistencia = urge, urging.* * *femenino insistencecon insistencia — insistently
* * *= insistence, persistence.Ex: At the heart of the debate on Community budget and agricultural reforms has been the UK's insistence on the need to put the brakes on runaway spending on agriculture.
Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.* con insistencia = insistently.* pedir con insistencia = urge, urging.* * *insistenciafeminineinsistenceperdone mi insistencia forgive me for being so insistent, forgive my insistencetengo que quedarme, me lo pidió con tanta insistencia I have to stay, she was so insistent, she asked me so insistently that I feel I must stay-es necesario hacerlo -repitió con insistencia it has to be done, he insisted* * *
insistencia sustantivo femenino
insistence;◊ con insistencia insistently
insistencia sustantivo femenino insistence
con insistencia, insistently
'insistencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
remolque
- venga
- olfatear
- reclamar
English:
insistence
- stubborn
- strongly
- urge
* * *insistencia nfinsistence;su insistencia en venir acabó por convencerme his insistence on coming finally persuaded me;grité con insistencia pero no me oyó I shouted repeatedly but she didn't hear me;ante la insistencia de mis padres, acabé por invitarla my parents insisted so much o were so insistent that I ended up inviting her* * *insistenciaf insistence* * *insistencia nf: insistence
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.