Grammatical class

Verb

insister

to insist, emphasize

Details

Syllables

in-sis-ter

Phonetics

ɛ̃.sis.te

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

5533

Freq. (movies)

5538

Freq. (news)

8801

Sentences

Je dois insister.

I must insist.

A1

Je veux insister sur ce point en particulier.

I would like to place particular emphasis on this point.

A1

Inutile d'insister.

There's no need to insist.

A2

Je ne voulais pas avoir l'air d'insister.

I didn't want to seem pushy.

A2

Vous devriez insister sur ce fait.

You should emphasize that fact.

B1

Je ne saurais trop insister sur ce point.

I can’t stress this point enough.

B2