insistente

adj.

insistent.

f. & m.

insistent person.

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insistente

► adjetivo

1 insistent

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ADJ [persona] insistent; [quejas] persistent

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adjetivo <persona> insistent; <recomendaciones/pedidos> repeated (before n), persistent; <timbrazos> insistent, repeated (before n)

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= insistent, undaunted, importunate, pushy [pushier -comp., pushiest -sup.], tenacious.

Ex. Increasingly insistent, however, are the voices of those who disagree.

Ex. His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.

Ex. She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.

Ex. Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.

Ex. She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.

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adjetivo <persona> insistent; <recomendaciones/pedidos> repeated (before n), persistent; <timbrazos> insistent, repeated (before n)

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= insistent, undaunted, importunate, pushy [pushier -comp., pushiest -sup.], tenacious.

Ex: Increasingly insistent, however, are the voices of those who disagree.

Ex: His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.

Ex: She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.

Ex: Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.

Ex: She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.

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insistente

adjective

‹persona› insistent; ‹recomendaciones/pedidos› repeated (before n), persistent; ‹timbrazos› insistent, repeated (before n)

se dieron insistentes avisos por megafonía they made repeated announcements over the loudspeaker

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insistente adjetivo ‹persona› insistent;
‹recomendaciones/pedidos› repeated (before n), persistent;
‹timbrazos› insistent, repeated (before n)
insistente adjetivo insistent, persistent, repeated
'insistente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
machacón
- machacona
English:
insistent
- nagging
- persistent

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insistente adj

[persona] insistent; [preguntas] persistent;

la insistente lluvia obligó a cancelar el concierto the persistent rain meant that the concert had to be cancelled;

circulaban insistentes rumores sobre un golpe de estado there were persistent rumours of a coup d'état

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insistente

adj insistent

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insistente adj

: insistent

♦ insistentemente adv