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il manqua

missed, lacked

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manqu to miss (a train, flight, etc.) + a 3rd-person singular simple past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #52,329
missed This is a literary past-tense form; in everyday speech, French usually uses a different tense.
FR: Il manqua le dernier bus.
EN: He missed the last bus.
lacked In the construction manquer de quelque chose.
FR: Elle manqua de temps.
EN: She lacked time.
Conjugation of manquer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third manqua —

Il manqua le train à une minute près.

He missed the train by a minute.

Bien qu'elle se dépêcha, la vieille dame manqua le dernier train.

Although she hurried, the old lady missed the last train.

Il tenta de résoudre le problème mais manqua de chance.

He tried to solve the problem but had no luck.

Mon coup de pied droit manqua sa cible.

My right kick missed its target.