Italian

Verb

resisto

1. first-person singular present of resistere

Anagrams

• estorsi
• estrosi
• risteso
• tossire

Latin

Etymology

re- ‎(“back, again”) +‎ sistō ‎(“I place, I stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈsis.toː/, [rɛˈsɪs.toː]

Verb

resistō ‎(present infinitive resistere, perfect active restitī); third conjugation, no passive

1. I stand back, remain standing somewhere; stand still, halt, stop, stay; remain, continue.
2. I rise or stand up again.
3. (usually in military language) I withstand, oppose, resist; make opposition or resistance.

Inflection

Derived terms

• resistentia

Related terms

Descendants

References

• resisto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• resisto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “resisto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to struggle against grief: dolori resistere
    

Portuguese

Verb

resisto

1. first-person singular present indicative of resistir

Spanish

Verb

resisto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of resistir.