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il empêchait

was preventing, was keeping from

→ empêcher
empêch to prevent, to stop + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #46,730
was preventing, was keeping from
FR: Le bruit m'empêchait de dormir.
EN: The noise was keeping me from sleeping.
Conjugation of empêcher
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third empêchait —

Sa bonté l’empêchait d’agir.

His kindness kept him from acting.

Son orgueil l'empêchait de demander l'aide des autres.

His pride prevented him from asking others for help.

Araya t'a gardé en vie car ça empêchait ton prochain corps de se déclencher.

Araya kept you alive because it prevented your next body from being activated.

— The Garden of Sinners, film 5 : Spirale contradictoire (2008)

Ils ignoraient que la peur l'en empêchait.

They didn’t know that fear was preventing him from doing it.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

Je ne comprenais pas ce qui m'empêchait de bouger.

I couldn't understand what was keeping me from moving.