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il retomba

died down, subsided, fell back down, fell again

→ retomber
re again; back + tomb to fall + a 3rd-person singular past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #50,409
died down, subsided Used for things such as a conversation or the wind becoming quieter or less intense.
FR: Après quelques minutes, le vent retomba.
EN: After a few minutes, the wind died down.
fell back down, fell again The past-tense form of “fall back down” or “fall again.”
FR: Il glissa et retomba sur le sol.
EN: He slipped and fell back down on the ground.
Conjugation of retomber
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third retomba —

Toutefois, le vent retomba dans le sud-est.

However, the wind died down in the southeast.

L’un retomba.

One fell back down.

Et, là-dessus, la conversation retomba.

And with that, the conversation died down.

Retomba sur le général Cadorna.

He fell back on General Cadorna.

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