insist

insistere, ostinarsi

Continuare a chiedere qualcosa anche quando gli altri non sono d’accordo.

In inglese semplice: To keep saying that you want something, even when other people disagree.

• You can come if you insist.
• He insisted on paying for lunch.
• Why do you insist on doing everything yourself?

Come si usa: insist on doing something (He insisted on driving despite our objections.); insist that someone do something (She insisted that we stay for dinner.)

Sinonimi: demand

Contrari: yield

Espressioni comuni: insist on something, insist on paying, insist on going, insist on payment

sostenere, ribadire

Dire con fermezza che qualcosa è vero, soprattutto quando gli altri ne dubitano.

In inglese semplice: To say firmly that something is true, especially when other people doubt it.

• I insist that I am right.
• She insisted she had never seen the letter.
• The witnesses still insist that they heard two shots.

Come si usa: insist that… (The driver insisted that the light was green.); insist on something (Despite the evidence, he insisted on his innocence.)

Sinonimi: maintain, assert, declare

Espressioni comuni: insist that, insist on innocence