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c'était un

it was a

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phrase Common #5,054
it was a Used before a masculine singular noun. The feminine equivalent is « c'était une » (it was a).
FR: C'était un beau voyage.
EN: It was a beautiful trip.

C'était un des enfants ?

Was it one of the children?

— Cold Storage (2026)

C'était un vulgaire assassin.

He was nothing but a common murderer.

— Harry Potter et la Chambre des secrets (2002)

Peut-être que c'était un lève-tôt.

Maybe he was an early riser.

— Des hommes d'honneur (1992)

C'était un détective.

He was a detective.

— Les Diaboliques (1955)

Je t'ai dit que c'était un sauvetage !

I told you it was a rescue!

— Indiana Jones et la dernière croisade (1989)

C'était un cambriolage qui a mal tourné ?

Was it a burglary that went wrong?

C'était un processus qui s'est conclus après sa victoire au championnat.

It was a process that came to an end after their championship victory.

— Senna (2010)

C'était un minimum.

It was the minimum.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

C'était un intellectuel de la ville qui faisait le paysan.

He was a city intellectual pretending to be a peasant.

— Manon des sources (1986)

Nous pensons que c'était un employé mécontent qui a placé la bombe.

We think it was a disgruntled employee who planted the bomb.

Elle l'a balancé parce qu'elle pensait que c'était un pauvre type.

She dumped him because she thought he was a loser.

C'était un si beau jour.

It was such a beautiful day.

L'autre, c'était un camarade de l'académie militaire.

The other one was a classmate from the military academy.

— Lust, Caution (2007)

Vic m'a dit que c'était un merdier sans nom.

Vic told me it was a complete fucking mess.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

C'était un duel entre le beau gosse du Bien et le vilain du Mal.

It was a duel between the handsome good guy and the ugly bad guy.

— La Cité de Dieu (2002)

C'était un faux numéro.

It was a wrong number.

— Perfect Blue (1998)

Quand c'était un tube, je l'ai entendue des milliards de fois.

When it was a hit, I heard it billions of times.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

C'était un méga-abcès.

It was a massive abscess.

— Tampopo (1985)

C'était un coup de tête.

It was a whim.

Bref, c'était un conservateur !

Anyway, he was a conservative!

— Même la pluie (2011)

C'était un Blanc, merde !

He was white, for fuck's sake!

— Chute libre (1993)

C'était un paysage impressionnant.

It was an impressive landscape.

C'était un dimanche.

It was a Sunday.

— L'Ultime Héritier (2026)

C'était un sphinx..

It was a sphinx.

— Intouchables (2011)

C'était un travail d'équipe.

It was a team effort.

C'était un explorateur remarquable.

He was a remarkable explorer.

— Le Patient anglais (1996)

C'était un assez bon conseil.

It was pretty good advice.

C'était un sacré tremblement de terre.

That was quite an earthquake.

— Suzume (2022)

C'était un joyeux message.

It was a cheerful message.

— Henry V (1989)

C'était un agent de liaison.

He was a liaison officer.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

C'était un membre des Poignards Volants ?

Was he a member of the Flying Daggers?

— Le Secret des poignards volants (2004)

C'était un prodige.

He was a prodigy.

— Shelter (2026)

C'était un de ses hommes.

He was one of his men.

— Aguirre, la colère de Dieu (1972)

C'était un si bon gars qu'il était aimé de tous.

He was such a good guy that everyone loved him.

C'était un Noël où il a beaucoup neigé.

It was a Christmas when it snowed a lot.

C'était un débat intéressant.

It was an interesting debate.

C'était un terrible mal de tête.

It was a terrible headache.

La police m'a dit que c'était un des docteurs qui m'avaient opéré.

The police told me that it was one of the doctors who had operated on me.

— Mirage (2018)

C'était un enfant gâté.

He was a spoiled child.

C'était un incident mineur.

It was a minor incident.

— Adieu ma concubine (1993)

C'était un chouette discours.

It was a great speech.

Pour moi, c'était un privilège.

For me, it was a privilege.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

C'était un vagabond.

He was a vagabond.

— Scream 7 (2026)

C'était un réflexe.

It was a reflex.

Ton père, petit, c'était un poivrot !

Your father, when he was young, was a drunkard!

— Central do Brasil (1998)

Angie, je sais que c'était un Blanc.

Angie, I know it was a White person.

— Chute libre (1993)

C'était un mercenaire mais il préférait se dire soldat de fortune.

He was a mercenary, but he preferred to call himself a soldier of fortune.

C'était un fada.

He was crazy.

— Manon des sources (1986)

C'était un joli coup, Votre Majesté.

That was a nice move, Your Majesty.

C'était un coup de bol.

It was a stroke of luck.

Mais c'était un drone.

But it was a drone.

— Bacurau (2019)

C'était un dimanche matin clair et lumineux.

It was a clear, bright Sunday morning.

Je ne le connais pas vraiment, mais c'était un des garçons de Szilard à Chicago.

I don’t really know him, but he was one of Szilard’s boys in Chicago.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

C'était un prof génial.

He was a great teacher.

— Anatomie d'une chute (2023)

C'était un comportement épouvantable.

It was appalling behavior.

— Rise Roar Revolt (RRR) (2022)

Enfin, c'était un pour cent.

In the end, it was one percent.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

C'était un sachet de sucre.

It was a packet of sugar.

— Plus fort que moi (2025)

C'était un des braqueurs les plus recherchés de Rio.

He was one of Rio's most wanted bank robbers.

— La Cité de Dieu (2002)

C'était un Stallone.

It was a Stallone.

— La Haine (1995)

C'était un marchand ambulant.

He was a traveling salesman.

Le jour du renvoi de Mathieu, c'était un samedi.

The day Mathieu was sent away was a Saturday.

— Les Choristes (2004)

Avant, ici, c'était un entrepôt pour l'armée.

This used to be a warehouse for the army.

— Cold Storage (2026)

C'était un achat impulsif.

It was an impulse purchase.

C'était un camarade formidable.

He was a wonderful classmate.

— L'Histoire personnelle de David Copperfield (2019)

C'était un feu rouge.

It was a red light.

— Crime 101 (2026)

Tu croyais que c'était un tango ?

Did you think it was a tango?

— Carnets de voyage (2004)

C'était un Horcruxe, oui.

It was a Horcrux, yes.

— Harry Potter et le Prince de sang-mêlé (2009)

C'était un hiver terriblement froid.

It was a terribly cold winter.

C'était un héros de guerre.

He was a war hero.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Tu disais que c'était un clochard !

You said he was a bum!

— Les Visiteurs (1993)

C'était un paysage complètement désolé, sans aucune âme qui vive.

It was a completely desolate landscape, with not a living soul in sight.

C'était un dimanche matin typique.

It was a typical Sunday morning.

C'était un évènement qui n'arrivait que très rarement.

It was an event that only happened very rarely.

Au Venezuela, c'était un sacré merdier.

In Venezuela, it was a real mess.

— Avatar (2009)

C'était un brave soldat.

He was a brave soldier.

C'était un porte bonheur pour que tu te réveilles vite.

It was a good-luck charm to help you wake up quickly.

— Silent Voice (2016)

J'ai aussi entendu dire que c'était un moine.

I also heard that he was a monk.

— The Strangers (2016)

C'était un pédophile qui se payait un gosse dans sa voiture.

He was a pedophile who was having sex with a kid in his car.

— Mystic River (2003)

C'était un fumier !

He was a bastard!

— Harry Potter et l'Ordre du Phénix (2007)

C'était un concours amical.

It was a friendly competition.

— Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

C'était un sacré orage.

That was quite a storm.