il puait

stank, smelled bad

→ puer
pu to stink, to smell bad + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #50,217
stank, smelled bad Blunt and somewhat informal.
FR: Le poisson puait dans la cuisine.
EN: The fish stank in the kitchen.
Conjugation of puer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third puait —

Ils brûlaient leurs empreintes, ça puait grave !

They were burning their footprints, it stank badly!

— Fight Club (1999)

Cette viande puait terriblement.

This meat stank terribly.

Son pet puait.

His fart stank.

Son haleine puait l'alcool.

His breath reeked of alcohol.