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il cachait

was hiding, was concealing

→ cacher
cach to hide, conceal + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #27,623
was hiding, was concealing This form is used with il, elle, on, or a singular noun.
FR: Il cachait les clés dans un tiroir.
EN: He was hiding the keys in a drawer.
Conjugation of cacher
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First cachais —
Second cachais —
Third cachait cachaient

Sami cachait des secrets.

Sami was hiding secrets.

Quand on vous cachait avec soin que nous descendons tous du singe.

When they carefully hid from you the fact that we all descended from monkeys.

— Le repentir (1987)

Tu sais comment on cachait la vodka du temps de Gagarine ?

Do you know how they used to hide vodka back in Gagarin’s day?

— The Wandering Earth (2019)

La feuille de laurier me cachait.

The bay leaf hid me.

— Arrietty, le petit monde des chapardeurs (2010)

On faisait de l'alcool au labo de chimie et on le cachait derrière le tableau.

We used to make alcohol in the chemistry lab and hide it behind the blackboard.

— Salé, Sucré (1994)

Il y avait un rideau qui cachait la porte.

There was a curtain that hid the door.

Quel mystère cachait la vie de ce soi-disant Floriani ?

What mystery lay behind the life of this so-called Floriani?

Voilà donc ce qu'il nous cachait.

So that's what he was hiding from us.

La femme cachait son visage sous un voile.

The woman hid her face under a veil.

— Rashōmon (1950)

Il me cachait quelque chose.

He was hiding something from me.

— Psychose (1960)

Cette femme cachait quelque chose.

This woman was hiding something.

— L'Accusé (2017)

Je crois que Tom cachait quelque chose.

I think Tom was hiding something.

Vous pensiez que votre femme vous cachait des choses ?

Did you think your wife was hiding things from you?

— Reconnu coupable (2026)

Peut-être qu'il cachait ses larmes.

Maybe he was hiding his tears.

— PK (2014)

Sa fille aînée retira la toile qui cachait la plaque portant le nom du bateau.

His eldest daughter pulled away the canvas covering the plaque bearing the boat’s name.