persist
/pɚˈsɪst/ verbo B2En español: persistir
- To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
- To repeat an utterance.
- To continue to exist.
- To cause to persist; make permanent.
He/she/it persists · Pasado persisted · Participio pasado persisted · Forma en -ing persisting
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- persist
- He/she/it
- persists
- Pasado
- persisted
- Participio pasado
- persisted
- Forma en -ing
- persisting
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
Three days after the scene we have just described, namely towards five o’clock in the afternoon of the day fixed for the signature of the contract between Mademoiselle Eugénie Danglars and Andrea Cavalcanti, whom the banker persisted in calling prince, a fresh breeze was stirring the leaves in the little garden in front of the Count of Monte Cristo’s house, and the count was preparing to go out.
“Nothing _whatever?_” persisted the King.
But, since he persists in hearing what he already well knows, you may convey the matter.
“Well now, she’s a real interesting little thing,” persisted Matthew.
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