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il installa

settled in, sat down, set in, seated, placed

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install to settle in, to get settled + a 3rd-person singular simple past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #41,526
settled in, sat down
FR: Elle s'installa près de la fenêtre.
EN: She sat down by the window.
set in
FR: Le calme s'installa peu à peu.
EN: Calm gradually set in.
seated, placed
FR: On l'installa près de la porte.
EN: They seated him near the door.
Conjugation of installer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third installa —

Peu à peu, le doute s'installa en moi.

Little by little, doubt began to creep in.

— 2046 (2004)

La peur s’installa.

Fear set in.

Le silence s'installa.

Silence descended.

— Rashōmon (1950)

"Il installa des pièges à travers le lac."

He set traps all across the lake.

— Haider (2014)

J’étais la nouvelle, alors on m’installa au milieu.

I was the new girl, so they sat me in the middle.

Il s'installa dans son fauteuil pour écouter la musique.

He settled into his armchair to listen to the music.

Et en effet, après le dîner, Ludovic s'installa dans son bureau.

And indeed, after dinner, Ludovic settled into his study.