il produisait

was producing, produced

→ produire
produis to produce, to make + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #40,526
was producing, produced Imperfect tense; the exact English translation depends on context.
FR: L'usine produisait des voitures chaque année.
EN: The factory produced cars every year.
Conjugation of produire
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third produisait

La machine produisait de grandes quantités d'électricité.

The machine was producing large quantities of electricity.

Qu'adviendrait-il si l'impensable se produisait?

What would happen if the unthinkable happened?

Je n'ai pas compris ce qui se produisait.

I didn't understand what was happening.

Si cela se produisait, que ferais-tu?

If that happened, what would you do?

Je serais très contrarié si cela se produisait.

I would be very upset if that happened.