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él persiste

persists, continues, insists

→ persistir
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #51,255
persists, continues With en, persiste en means “insists on” or “persists in.”
SP: El problema persiste.
EN: The problem persists.
insists Often used with en to mean “insists on” or “persists in.”
SP: Persiste en su idea.
EN: He insists on his idea.
Conjugation of persistir
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third persiste —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
Third persiste —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second persiste —

El eco aún persiste en estas paredes.

The echo still lingers in these walls.

— La leyenda de Baahubali: el inicio (2015)

Entonces, ¿por qué persiste con esa historia?

So why does he persist with that story?

— El hombre de la tierra (2007)

Persiste en su opinión.

He persists in his opinion.

La pregunta persiste, ¿por qué Tom querría hacer eso?

The question remains, why would Tom want to do that?