Definitions tagged insistir in the street dictionary.
A repetitive, annoying lecture or nagging where someone tells you the same thing over and over. It is that broken record feeling when someone keeps harping on you about what you need to do.
Mom is on a real cantaleta today. / Alright, stop the cantaleta, I already know everything I have to do.
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A way to tell someone they are being annoying, pestering, or being a pain in the ass. It is a coarse way to say someone is bothering you or will not leave you alone.
You really jodes! Can't you see I am busy? / Come on! Why do you jodes so much, don't you see there is no money?
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An expression describing someone who refuses to give up easily or go down without a fight. It means to go down swinging, giving one's absolute all even when losing is inevitable, so the opponent's victory is not easily earned. (The phrase often references a famous poem by the Argentine writer Almafuerte that states one should never give up, even when defeated).
The boxer was wobbling in the ring. He was about to fall, but he did not give in and he vendió caro su derrota.
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A term used for a brown-noser or a suck-up: someone who constantly flatters people, usually those in power, to get what they want. (In Venezuela, it is a synonym for the vulgar term jala bola).
This guy is such a mamón, it is so annoying. / Gabriel is being way too much of a mamón with the teacher.
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Used to tell someone to stop being annoying or repetitive when they keep insisting on something (reference to a famously long Venezuelan soap opera from the 1980s).
Mom pleeease buy me those shoes.... Vas a seguir Abigail!
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