il couchait

was sleeping with, was having sex with

→ coucher
couch to sleep with, to have sex with + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #37,289
was sleeping with, was having sex with A colloquial euphemism for having sex with someone.
FR: Il couchait avec sa voisine.
EN: He was sleeping with his neighbor.
Conjugation of coucher
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First couchais —
Second couchais —
Third couchait —

Je croyais que si on couchait ensemble, tu serais restée avec moi pour toujours.

I thought that if we slept together, you’d stay with me forever.

— Us and Them (2018)

Tu veux dire il couchait avec sa secrétaire ?

You mean he was sleeping with his secretary?

— Insaisissables 3 (2025)

Les gens, ils adorent raconter qu'il couchait avec sa secrétaire.

People love telling the story that he was sleeping with his secretary.

— Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)

Vous voulez savoir quand et où il couchait avec moi ?

Do you want to know when and where he was sleeping with me?

— Trois couleurs : Bleu (1993)

Sami couchait avec Layla.

Sami was sleeping with Layla.

Il couchait avec sa prof.

He slept with his teacher.

Et c'était la seule qui couchait.

And she was the only one who slept with him.

— La Cité de Dieu (2002)

Par contre, mon père couchait souvent avec des femmes à droite à gauche.

On the other hand, my father often slept with women here and there.

C'était la dernière fois qu'on couchait ensemble.

That was the last time we slept together.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)