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il quittait

was leaving, was quitting

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quitt to leave, to quit + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #27,661
was leaving, was quitting Imperfect tense (ongoing or habitual action in the past).
FR: Il quittait la maison tous les matins à sept heures.
EN: He was leaving the house every morning at seven o’clock.
Conjugation of quitter
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third quittait —

Santiago, lui, quittait la base pour ne jamais y revenir.

As for Santiago, he was leaving the base, never to return.

— Des hommes d'honneur (1992)

Mido a prévenu son patron qu'elle quittait le restaurant.

Mido told her boss that she was leaving the restaurant.

— Old Boy (2003)

Il ne la quittait pas du regard.

He couldn't take his eyes off her.

Et si elle me quittait ?

What if she left me?

— Les Lundis au soleil (2002)

Tom vient de dire à sa femme qu'il la quittait.

Tom just told his wife that he was leaving her.

Le premier de ma femme, qui me quittait.

The first from my wife, who was leaving me.

— Le Cinquième Élément (1997)

Oui, mais si elle me quittait ?

Yes, but what if she left me?

— Les Lundis au soleil (2002)

Oui, on… on quittait justement la ville.

Yes, we… we were just leaving the city.

— Zootopie 2 (2025)

Comme il quittait la pièce, il s'inclina devant moi.

As he was leaving the room, he bowed to me.

Il était comme un chat errant qui ne nous quittait pas.

He was like a stray cat that wouldn’t leave us.

— Avatar : La Voie de l'eau (2022)

Elle quittait à peine la maison.

She had barely left the house.

— Le Sacrifice (1986)

Tom a eu le cœur brisé quand Mary lui a dit qu'elle le quittait.

Tom was heartbroken when Mary told him she was leaving him.