persistir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persistere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Verb

persistir (first-person singular present persisteixo, first-person singular preterite persistí, past participle persistit)

1. (intransitive) to persist

Conjugation

    Conjugation of persistir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			persistir
gerund			persistint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		persistit		persistida
		plural		persistits		persistides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	persisteixo	persisteixes	persisteix	persistim	persistiu	persisteixen
	imperfect	persistia	persisties	persistia	persistíem	persistíeu	persistien
	future	persistiré	persistiràs	persistirà	persistirem	persistireu	persistiran
	preterite	persistí	persistires	persistí	persistírem	persistíreu	persistiren
	conditional	persistiria	persistiries	persistiria	persistiríem	persistiríeu	persistirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	persisteixi	persisteixis	persisteixi	persistim	persistiu	persisteixin
	imperfect	persistís	persistissis	persistís	persistíssim	persistíssiu	persistissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	persisteix	persisteixi	persistim	persistiu	persisteixin
	negative (no)	—	no persisteixis	no persisteixi	no persistim	no persistiu	no persisteixin

Related terms

• persistència
• persistent

References

• “persistir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “persistir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “persistir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “persistir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin persistere.

Verb

persistir (first-person singular present persisto, first-person singular preterite persistín, past participle persistido)

1. (intransitive) to persist

Conjugation

    Conjugation of persistir

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	persistir
Personal	persistir	persistires	persistir	persistirmos	persistirdes	persistiren
Gerund
	persistindo
Past participle
Masculine	persistido			persistidos
Feminine	persistida			persistidas
Indicative
Present	persisto	persistes	persiste	persistimos	persistides	persisten
Imperfect	persistía	persistías	persistía	persistiamos	persistiades	persistían
Preterite	persistín	persistiches	persistiu	persistimos	persististes	persistiron
Pluperfect	persistira	persistiras	persistira	persistiramos	persistirades	persistiran
Future	persistirei	persistirás	persistirá	persistiremos	persistiredes	persistirán
Conditional	persistiría	persistirías	persistiría	persistiriamos	persistiriades	persistirían
Subjunctive
Present	persista	persistas	persista	persistamos	persistades	persistan
Imperfect	persistise	persistises	persistise	persistísemos	persistísedes	persistisen
Future	persistir	persistires	persistir	persistirmos	persistirdes	persistiren
Imperative
Affirmative		persiste	persista	persistamos	persistide	persistan
Negative (non)		non persistas	non persista	non persistamos	non persistades	non persistan

Related terms

• persistencia
• persistente

Further reading

• “persistir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Ido

Verb

persistir

1. past infinitive of persistar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persistere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.sisˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [peh.sisˈt͡ʃi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.sisˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [peh.sisˈt͡ʃi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.sisˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.siʃˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [peχ.siʃˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.sisˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.siʃˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.siʃˈtiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.siʃˈti.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: per‧sis‧tir

Verb

persistir (first-person singular present persisto, first-person singular preterite persisti, past participle persistido)

1. to persist (continue to exist)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of persistir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	persistir
Personal	persistir	persistires	persistir	persistirmos	persistirdes	persistirem
Gerund
	persistindo
Past participle
Masculine	persistido			persistidos
Feminine	persistida			persistidas
Indicative
Present	persisto	persistes	persiste	persistimos	persistis	persistem
Imperfect	persistia	persistias	persistia	persistíamos	persistíeis	persistiam
Preterite	persisti	persististe	persistiu	persistimos	persististes	persistiram
Pluperfect	persistira	persistiras	persistira	persistíramos	persistíreis	persistiram
Future	persistirei	persistirás	persistirá	persistiremos	persistireis	persistirão
Conditional	persistiria	persistirias	persistiria	persistiríamos	persistiríeis	persistiriam
Subjunctive
Present	persista	persistas	persista	persistamos	persistais	persistam
Imperfect	persistisse	persistisses	persistisse	persistíssemos	persistísseis	persistissem
Future	persistir	persistires	persistir	persistirmos	persistirdes	persistirem
Imperative
Affirmative		persiste	persista	persistamos	persisti	persistam
Negative (não)		não persistas	não persista	não persistamos	não persistais	não persistam

Related terms

• persistência
• persistente

Further reading

• “persistir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persistere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾsisˈtiɾ/ [peɾ.sisˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: per‧sis‧tir

Verb

persistir (first-person singular present persisto, first-person singular preterite persistí, past participle persistido)

1. (intransitive) to persist
2. (intransitive) to linger

Conjugation

    Conjugation of persistir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			persistir
gerund			persistiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		persistido		persistida
		plural		persistidos		persistidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	persisto	persistestú persistísvos	persiste	persistimos	persistís	persisten
	imperfect	persistía	persistías	persistía	persistíamos	persistíais	persistían
	preterite	persistí	persististe	persistió	persistimos	persististeis	persistieron
	future	persistiré	persistirás	persistirá	persistiremos	persistiréis	persistirán
	conditional	persistiría	persistirías	persistiría	persistiríamos	persistiríais	persistirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	persista	persistastú persistásvos2	persista	persistamos	persistáis	persistan
	imperfect (ra)	persistiera	persistieras	persistiera	persistiéramos	persistierais	persistieran
	imperfect (se)	persistiese	persistieses	persistiese	persistiésemos	persistieseis	persistiesen
	future1	persistiere	persistieres	persistiere	persistiéremos	persistiereis	persistieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		persistetú persistívos	persista	persistamos	persistid	persistan
	negative		no persistas	no persista	no persistamos	no persistáis	no persistan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• persistencia
• persistente

 

Further reading

• “persistir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10