Be persistent, refuse to stop
English: persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on
Bahasa: bertahan, teguh, berpegang, tekun, gigih, tabah, bertekun, cekal
berkerasBahasa Indonesia
persist, insist, adamant, adamantine, assert
Less common
#18,833 of the corpus · 2.4 per million words · 10,091 occurrences
From keras (ber-) · very common, #439
Verb
Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
English: insist, take a firm stand
Bahasa: menunjukkan, memaksa, mendesak, teguh, mendesakkan
Continue to exist
English: prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure
Bahasa: hidup, biasa, berlaku, berlangsung, tahan, mengalir, memasang, kekal
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
2 more verb senses
Assert to be true
English: insist, assert
Bahasa: menuntut, menegaskan, memaksa, mendesak
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Stay behind
English: persist, remain, stay
Bahasa: tinggal, duduk, diam, berlebih, menyisakan, bersisa
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
Adjective
Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
English: stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate
Bahasa: gigih, tegar, tekak, bandel, bengal, dakar, nekad, teguk
Repetitive and persistent
English: insistent, repetitive
Bahasa: mendesak
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason, she would have none of him"- W.Churchill
English: adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent
Bahasa: tegar, degil, keras hati, keras kepala, tegar hati
Less certain link between this word and this sense.