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il cuisinait

was cooking, used to cook

→ cuisiner
cuisin cook + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #48,557
was cooking, used to cook The imperfect form can describe an ongoing action in the past or something someone used to do.
FR: Ma mère cuisinait quand je suis rentré.
EN: My mother was cooking when I got home.
Conjugation of cuisiner
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third cuisinait —

Donc Bubba était de l'Alabama et sa maman cuisinait des crevettes.

So Bubba was from Alabama, and his mama cooked shrimp.

— Forrest Gump (1994)

Il s'assit et lit, avec sa femme qui cuisinait près du feu.

He sat down and read, with his wife cooking by the fire.

En fait, Tom ne cuisinait vraiment pas si mal.

Actually, Tom wasn't really that bad at cooking.

Sa mère cuisinait sûrement mieux.

His mother probably cooked better.

— Central do Brasil (1998)