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il rentrait

was coming back, was going back in, was going home

ʁ ɑ̃ . t ʁ ɛ → rentrer
rentr to come back, to return + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #24,674
was coming back, was going back in, was going home Imperfect tense (ongoing/repeated action in the past).
FR: Il rentrait chez lui tous les soirs à huit heures.
EN: He used to come home every evening at eight o’clock.
Conjugation of rentrer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third rentrait —

Je ne suis qu'un fonctionnaire qui rentrait chez lui.

I'm just a civil servant who was heading home.

— Piège de cristal (1988)

Il a dit qu'il rentrait dîner, Cristina en est témoin.

He said he was going home for dinner; Cristina can vouch for that.

— La piel que habito (2011)

Et chacun rentrait chez soi.

And everyone went home.

— Carandiru (2003)

Quand il rentrait, il l'a chargé toujours.

Whenever he came back, he always blamed him.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Pas même un à ses parents, ou à un ami pour dire qu'il rentrait.

Not even one to his parents, or to a friend to say he was on his way home.

— Des hommes d'honneur (1992)

Sami rentrait de la salle de sport.

Sami was coming home from the gym.

Il allait au travail, il rentrait à la maison.

He would go to work, then come home.

— Chicago (2002)

Avant, tout rentrait !

Before, everything fit!

— La piel que habito (2011)

Si on rentrait ?

Shall we go home?

— Voyage à Tokyo (1953)

Ziri rentrait toujours chez lui à pied.

Ziri always walked home.

Il aurait pu me dire qu'il rentrait.

He could have told me he was coming home.

— Voyage à Tokyo (1953)

Elle rentrait chez elle.

She was going home.

— Salé, Sucré (1994)

Avant, notre Alex n'était pas si fatigué quand il rentrait du travail.

Our Alex didn’t used to be so tired when he came home from work.

— Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

Et si on rentrait ?

What if we went home?

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Sounds similar to

rentrer ʁ ɑ̃ . t ʁ e rentrée ʁ ɑ̃ . t ʁ e rendrais ʁ ɑ̃ . d ʁ ɛ retrait ʁ ə . t ʁ ɛ