il gagna

won, earned

→ gagner
gagn win + a 3rd-person singular past
verb · third singular · past indicative Rare #44,190
won, earned Simple past (passé simple), mostly used in literature and formal writing; in everyday speech you usually use « a gagné ».
FR: Elle gagna le match en deux sets.
EN: She won the match in two sets.
Conjugation of gagner
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third gagna

Et gagna le Championnat des Etats-Unis trois années de suite.

And won the United States Championship three years in a row.

— La Famille Tenenbaum (2001)

Ziri gagna.

Ziri won.

Rome gagna.

Rome won.

— The Man from Earth (2007)

Il gagna le premier prix de la compétition.

He won first prize in the competition.