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il foutait

didn't care (about), didn't give a damn (about), was making fun of, was doing

→ foutre
fout to not give a damn, not to care + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #37,362
didn't care (about), didn't give a damn (about) Colloquial and vulgar; often used with se or s'en.
FR: Elle s'en foutait de ce que les autres pensaient.
EN: She didn't care what the others thought.
was making fun of Colloquial and vulgar; used with se foutait de.
FR: Il se foutait de moi devant ses amis.
EN: He was making fun of me in front of his friends.
was doing Colloquial and vulgar.
FR: Il foutait rien de sa journée.
EN: He did nothing all day.
Conjugation of foutre
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First foutais —
Second foutais —
Third foutait —

Et quand je me suis retourné, Nandini était là et se foutait de moi.

And when I turned around, Nandini was there, making fun of me.

— Mon cœur est déjà pris (1999)

Tout le monde s'en foutait.

Nobody cared.

Comme si on s'en foutait ?

As if we didn't care?

— The Man from Earth (2007)

De toute façon, il foutait rien.

He wasn't doing a damn thing anyway.

— Une Affaire de famille (2018)

Il se foutait pas de toi, ni de personne.

He wasn't messing with you, or anyone else.

— Les Lundis au soleil (2002)

Je l'ai viré car il ne foutait rien.

I fired him because he wasn’t doing a damn thing.

— Tenacious D Et Le Mediator Du Destin (2006)

On me foutait tout sur le dos.

They blamed everything on me.

Il se foutait de ses clients.

He didn’t give a damn about his customers.

— Blow Out (1981)

Il se foutait de ma gueule !

He was taking me for a fool!

— Les Lundis au soleil (2002)