keep at

persistir en, seguir con

Seguir trabajando en algo, aunque sea difícil.

En inglés sencillo: To continue working on something, even when it is difficult.

• Keep at it!
• She kept at the puzzle until she solved it.
• If you keep at your studies, you will make progress.

Cómo se usa: keep at something (Keep at your practice and you will improve.)

Sinónimos: persist in, stick with

Antónimos: quit

Expresiones frecuentes: keep at something, keep at it

insistir a, presionar

Insistir una y otra vez a alguien para que continúe una tarea o haga lo que quieres.

En inglés sencillo: To repeatedly urge someone to continue a task or do what you want.

• Keep at him until he answers.
• Her father kept at her to finish her homework.
• The manager kept at us until the job was done.

Cómo se usa: keep at someone to do something (She kept at him to finish the report.)

Sinónimos: nag, pressure, pester

Expresiones frecuentes: keep at someone, keep at him