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je recevais

was receiving, used to receive

→ recevoir
recev receive + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #47,437
was receiving, used to receive Imperfect form; the exact English translation depends on context.
FR: Je recevais souvent des lettres de ma sœur.
EN: I used to receive letters from my sister often.
Conjugation of recevoir
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First recevais —
Second recevais —
Third recevait —

Okello, est-ce vrai que toi aussi tu recevais une paye d'Ursua ?

Okello, is it true that you too were receiving a paycheck from Ursua?

— Aguirre, la colère de Dieu (1972)

Tu as dit que je recevais ?

You said I was receiving it?

— Mademoiselle (2016)

Quand j'étais petit, je recevais une fessée si je faisais quelque chose de mal.

When I was little, I would get a spanking if I did something wrong.

Je recevais des coups de téléphone anonymes, une voix d'homme.

I was getting anonymous phone calls from a man’s voice.

— Enquête sur un citoyen au-dessus de tout soupçon (1970)