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il brûlait

was burning, burned

→ brûler
brûl to burn + ait 3rd-person singular imperfect or conditional
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #34,676
was burning, burned Imperfect tense (past): used for ongoing/repeated actions or background description.
FR: Le feu brûlait toute la nuit.
EN: The fire was burning all night.
Conjugation of brûler
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third brûlait —

La Cité brûlait.

The city was burning.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Le Retour du roi (2003)

Mon front brûlait de fièvre.

My forehead was burning with fever.

Ça brûlait.

It was burning.

— Oh Boy (2012)

J'ai cru sentir quelque chose qui brûlait.

I thought I could smell something burning.

Il brûlait d'impatience de rentrer à la maison.

He was burning with impatience to get home.

Tout brûlait.

Everything was burning.

— Incendies (2010)

Ça a fait un court-circuit et la pile lui brûlait le ventre.

It caused a short circuit and the battery was burning his stomach.

— Blow Out (1981)

Le sable était si chaud qu'il nous brûlait les pieds.

The sand was so hot that it burned our feet.