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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)
- (intransitive) to persist
Conjugation
References
- “persistir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin persistere.
Verb
persistir (first-person singular present persisto, first-person singular preterite persistín, past participle persistido)
- (intransitive) to persist
Conjugation
Further reading
Ido
Verb
persistir
- past infinitive of persistar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin persistere.
Pronunciation
Verb
persistir (first-person singular present persisto, first-person singular preterite persisti, past participle persistido)
- to persist (continue to exist)
Conjugation
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin persistere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾsisˈtiɾ/
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: per‧sis‧tir
Verb
persistir (first-person singular present persisto, first-person singular preterite persistí, past participle persistido)
- (intransitive) to persist
- (intransitive) to linger
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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