resistir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin resistere (“to withstand, oppose, resist”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rə.zisˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.zisˈtiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [re.zisˈti]

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• Homophone: resistí
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

resistir (first-person singular present resisteixo, first-person singular preterite resistí, past participle resistit)

1. (ambitransitive, pronominal) to resist

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of resistir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			resistir
gerund			resistint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		resistit		resistida
		plural		resistits		resistides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	resisteixo	resisteixes	resisteix	resistim	resistiu	resisteixen
	imperfect	resistia	resisties	resistia	resistíem	resistíeu	resistien
	future	resistiré	resistiràs	resistirà	resistirem	resistireu	resistiran
	preterite	resistí	resistires	resistí	resistírem	resistíreu	resistiren
	conditional	resistiria	resistiries	resistiria	resistiríem	resistiríeu	resistirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	resisteixi	resisteixis	resisteixi	resistim	resistiu	resisteixin
	imperfect	resistís	resistissis	resistís	resistíssim	resistíssiu	resistissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	resisteix	resisteixi	resistim	resistiu	resisteixin
	negative (no)	—	no resisteixis	no resisteixi	no resistim	no resistiu	no resisteixin

Related terms

• resistència
• resistent

Further reading

• “resistir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “resistir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “resistir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “resistir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin resistere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zisˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [he.zisˈt͡ʃi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zisˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [he.zisˈt͡ʃi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zisˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/ [he.zisˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ziʃˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [χe.ziʃˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zisˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/ [he.zisˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ziʃˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ziʃˈtiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ziʃˈti.ɾi/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ziʃˈti(χ)/
• Hyphenation: re‧sis‧tir

Verb

resistir (first-person singular present resisto, first-person singular preterite resisti, past participle resistido)

1. to resist

Conjugation

    Conjugation of resistir (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	resistir
Personal	resistir	resistires	resistir	resistirmos	resistirdes	resistirem
Gerund
	resistindo
Past participle
Masculine	resistido			resistidos
Feminine	resistida			resistidas
Indicative
Present	resisto	resistes	resiste	resistimos	resistis	resistem
Imperfect	resistia	resistias	resistia	resistíamos	resistíeis	resistiam
Preterite	resisti	resististe	resistiu	resistimos	resististes	resistiram
Pluperfect	resistira	resistiras	resistira	resistíramos	resistíreis	resistiram
Future	resistirei	resistirás	resistirá	resistiremos	resistireis	resistirão
Conditional	resistiria	resistirias	resistiria	resistiríamos	resistiríeis	resistiriam
Subjunctive
Present	resista	resistas	resista	resistamos	resistais	resistam
Imperfect	resistisse	resistisses	resistisse	resistíssemos	resistísseis	resistissem
Future	resistir	resistires	resistir	resistirmos	resistirdes	resistirem
Imperative
Affirmative		resiste	resista	resistamos	resisti	resistam
Negative (não)		não resistas	não resista	não resistamos	não resistais	não resistam

Related terms

• resistência
• resistente

Further reading

• “resistir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “resistir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti

Proto-Italic *sistō

Latin sistō

Latin resistereder.

Spanish resistir

Derived from Latin resistere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resisˈtiɾ/ [re.sisˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: re‧sis‧tir

Verb

resistir (first-person singular present resisto, first-person singular preterite resistí, past participle resistido)

1. (transitive) to tolerate, to put up with, to bear, to handle, to stand

   Synonyms: aguantar, soportar, sufrir, tolerar

   Esta situación no nos encanta, pero la resistimos sin quejarnos.

   We don't really like this situation, but we tolerate it without complaining.

   ¡No pude resistir a tu exnovio!

   I couldn't stand your ex-boyfriend!

2. (intransitive) to fight off, to survive, to defend oneself (from)

   Synonyms: oponerse, pervivir

   La enfermedad casi la mató, pero resistió.

   The disease almost killed her, but she survived.

   Debes resistir a tus ganas de comer chocolate.

   You must fight off your desire to eat chocolate.

3. (intransitive, reflexive) to resist

   Cuidado – si tratáis de esposarlo, es posible que se resista.

   Be careful – if you try to handcuff him, it's possible that he will resist.

   ¿Cómo podía resistirme a tu amor?

   How could I resist your love?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of resistir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			resistir
gerund			resistiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		resistido		resistida
		plural		resistidos		resistidas
		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	resisto	resistestú resistísvos	resiste	resistimos	resistís	resisten
	imperfect	resistía	resistías	resistía	resistíamos	resistíais	resistían
	preterite	resistí	resististe	resistió	resistimos	resististeis	resistieron
	future	resistiré	resistirás	resistirá	resistiremos	resistiréis	resistirán
	conditional	resistiría	resistirías	resistiría	resistiríamos	resistiríais	resistirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	resista	resistastú resistásvos2	resista	resistamos	resistáis	resistan
	imperfect (ra)	resistiera	resistieras	resistiera	resistiéramos	resistierais	resistieran
	imperfect (se)	resistiese	resistieses	resistiese	resistiésemos	resistieseis	resistiesen
	future1	resistiere	resistieres	resistiere	resistiéremos	resistiereis	resistieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		resistetú resistívos	resista	resistamos	resistid	resistan
	negative		no resistas	no resista	no resistamos	no resistáis	no resistan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of resistir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive resistir	dative	resistirme	resistirte	resistirle, resistirse	resistirnos	resistiros	resistirles, resistirse
	accusative	resistirme	resistirte	resistirlo, resistirla, resistirse	resistirnos	resistiros	resistirlos, resistirlas, resistirse
with gerund resistiendo	dative	resistiéndome	resistiéndote	resistiéndole, resistiéndose	resistiéndonos	resistiéndoos	resistiéndoles, resistiéndose
	accusative	resistiéndome	resistiéndote	resistiéndolo, resistiéndola, resistiéndose	resistiéndonos	resistiéndoos	resistiéndolos, resistiéndolas, resistiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative resiste	dative	resísteme	resístete	resístele	resístenos	not used	resísteles
	accusative	resísteme	resístete	resístelo, resístela	resístenos	not used	resístelos, resístelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative resistí	dative	resistime	resistite	resistile	resistinos	not used	resistiles
	accusative	resistime	resistite	resistilo, resistila	resistinos	not used	resistilos, resistilas
with formal second-person singular imperative resista	dative	resístame	not used	resístale, resístase	resístanos	not used	resístales
	accusative	resístame	not used	resístalo, resístala, resístase	resístanos	not used	resístalos, resístalas
with first-person plural imperative resistamos	dative	not used	resistámoste	resistámosle	resistámonos	resistámoos	resistámosles
	accusative	not used	resistámoste	resistámoslo, resistámosla	resistámonos	resistámoos	resistámoslos, resistámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative resistid	dative	resistidme	not used	resistidle	resistidnos	resistíos	resistidles
	accusative	resistidme	not used	resistidlo, resistidla	resistidnos	resistíos	resistidlos, resistidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative resistan	dative	resístanme	not used	resístanle	resístannos	not used	resístanles, resístanse
	accusative	resístanme	not used	resístanlo, resístanla	resístannos	not used	resístanlos, resístanlas, resístanse

Related terms

• resistencia
• resistente

Further reading

• “resistir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025