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il regretta

regretted

→ regretter
regrett to regret, to feel sorry about + a simple past (he/she/it)
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #41,286
regretted A literary past-tense form, mainly used in written narratives.
FR: Elle regretta sa décision le lendemain.
EN: She regretted her decision the next day.
Conjugation of regretter
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third regretta —

À peine l'eut-il dit qu'il le regretta.

No sooner had he said it than he regretted it.

Il ne regretta pas sa décision.

He did not regret his decision.

Il regretta d'avoir été paresseux le trimestre dernier.

He regretted having been lazy last term.

Tom regretta d'avoir gaspillé une grande partie de sa vie.

Tom regretted wasting a large part of his life.

Elle regretta ne pas avoir suivi son conseil.

She regretted not having followed his advice.

Thomas regretta de ne pas avoir été suffisamment attentif.

Thomas regretted not having been attentive enough.

Il le regretta après coup.

He regretted it afterward.