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je portais

wore

→ porter
port to wear + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #43,209
wore The imperfect form of « porter »; it can also mean “carried,” but here it refers to wearing something.
FR: Je portais un manteau.
EN: I was wearing a coat.
Conjugation of porter
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First portais —
Second portais portiez
Third portait portaient

Quand j'étais petite, je ne portais que des pantalons.

When I was little, I only wore pants.

Je n'en portais même plus au bureau.

I didn’t even wear them to the office anymore.

— Fight Club (1999)

Je ne portais pas ma ceinture.

I wasn’t wearing my seat belt.

Je le portais en bas.

I was wearing it downstairs.

— Arrête-moi si tu peux (2002)

Cela dit, je ne les portais presque jamais, sauf à la table du maître du port.

That said, I almost never wore them, except at the harbor master’s table.