insistence

insistencia

Acción de seguir afirmando que algo debe ocurrir o que es verdad.

En inglés sencillo: The act of continuing to say that something must happen or is true.

• His insistence finally changed their minds.
• Her insistence on paying surprised me.
• Despite his repeated insistence, nobody believed the story.

Cómo se usa: insistence on something/doing something (His insistence on following every rule slowed us down.); insistence that… (Her insistence that she was right annoyed everyone.)

Sinónimos: persistence

Expresiones frecuentes: continued insistence, stubborn insistence, insistence on something

exigencia, insistencia

Petición firme y enérgica para que alguien haga algo.

En inglés sencillo: A strong demand that someone do something.

• We stayed at her insistence.
• At my father’s insistence, I called the police.
• Their insistence that we pay immediately seemed unreasonable.

Cómo se usa: at someone’s insistence (At her doctor’s insistence, she took a week off.); insistence that someone do something (His insistence that we leave immediately caused an argument.)

Sinónimos: demand

Expresiones frecuentes: at someone’s insistence, urgent insistence

insistencia

En esgrima, acción de imponer un ataque con fuerza pese al intento del rival de bloquearlo.

En inglés sencillo: In fencing, using strength to push an attack through an opponent’s attempt to block it.

• The fencer used insistence to overcome the block.
• His insistence forced the blade past her defence.
• The coach demonstrated an attack with insistence.

Expresiones frecuentes: insistence against parry, attack with insistence