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il quittait

was leaving, was quitting

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quitt to leave (a place) + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #24,226
was leaving, was quitting
FR: Elle quittait la maison quand son téléphone a sonné.
EN: She was leaving the house when her phone rang.
Conjugation of quitter
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third quittait —

Elle quittait à peine la maison.

She had barely left the house.

— Le Sacrifice (1986)

Il ne la quittait pas du regard.

He couldn't take his eyes off her.

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

Tom just told his wife that he was leaving her.

Elle ne quittait jamais Louis Lacombe, tu te rappelles ?

She never left Louis Lacombe's side, remember?

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)

Et si elle me quittait ?

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)

Le guide les quittait parfois et allait observer la lisière du bois.

The guide would sometimes leave them and go watch the edge of the woods.

Mon regard effrayé ne le quittait pas.

I couldn’t take my frightened eyes off him.

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.

Saviez-vous que le docteur quittait Eichwald ?

Did you know the doctor was leaving Eichwald?

— Le Ruban blanc (2009)

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

Mido told her boss that she was leaving the restaurant.

— Old Boy (2003)

À midi, il quittait Reno, où les voyageurs eurent vingt minutes pour déjeuner.

At noon, he left Reno, where the travelers had twenty minutes to have lunch.

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)

Rex était un voyou qui quittait ses petits à la première occasion.

Rex was a scoundrel who abandoned his kids at the first opportunity.

— Le monde perdu : Jurassic Park (1997)

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)