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il rentrait

was coming back, was going back, used to return, fit

ʁ ɑ̃ . t ʁ ɛ → rentrer
rentr to go back, to return + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #20,408
was coming back, was going back, used to return
FR: Il rentrait chez lui après le travail.
EN: He was going back home after work.
fit
FR: Tout rentrait dans le sac.
EN: Everything fit in the bag.
Conjugation of rentrer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First — rentrions
Third rentrait —

Il a été agressé alors qu'il rentrait chez lui tard dans la nuit.

He was attacked while he was walking home late at night.

Sami rentrait de la salle de sport.

Sami was coming home from the gym.

Il rentrait chez lui.

He was going home.

— Chute libre (1993)

Après il rentrait chez lui.

Afterwards, he would go home.

— Les Lundis au soleil (2002)

Il allait au travail, il rentrait à la maison.

He would go to work, then come home.

— Chicago (2002)

Si on rentrait ?

Shall we go home?

— Voyage à Tokyo (1953)

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 rentrait des Etats-Unis, quel type !

He was coming back from the United States—what a character!

— The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

Avant, tout rentrait !

Before, everything fit!

— La piel que habito (2011)

Elle rentrait chez elle.

She was going home.

— Salé, Sucré (1994)

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)

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)

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)

Il aurait pu me dire qu'il rentrait.

He could have told me he was coming home.

— Voyage à Tokyo (1953)

À sept heures cinquante, il ouvrait la porte de sa maison et rentrait chez lui.

At ten to eight, he opened the door to his house and went inside.

Et chacun rentrait chez soi.

And everyone went home.

— Carandiru (2003)

Sans vous, on rentrait et on était cuits.

Without you, we’d have gone back and been completely wiped out.

— La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Le gars est parti, il a dit qu'il rentrait chez lui.

The guy left; he said he was going home.

— Chute libre (1993)

Ziri rentrait toujours chez lui à pied.

Ziri always walked home.

Il buvait et il rentrait chez lui.

He would drink and go home.

— Les Lundis au soleil (2002)

Et si on rentrait ?

What if we went home?

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Quand il rentrait, il le chargeait toujours à cause des sangliers.

When he came back, he always loaded it up because of the wild boars.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Sounds similar to

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