il revenait

was coming back, came back

→ revenir
re again or back + ven come + ait 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #24,832
was coming back, came back Imperfect tense of « revenir » (he/she/it was coming back; used for ongoing, repeated, or background actions in the past).
FR: Il revenait souvent ici après le travail.
EN: He often came back here after work.
Conjugation of revenir
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First revenais
Second revenais
Third revenait

Je l'ai eu d'un marin japonais qui revenait de Hambourg.

I got it from a Japanese sailor who was returning from Hamburg.

— Mademoiselle (2016)

Enfant, quand il faisait ça, la mémoire lui revenait.

As a child, whenever he did that, his memory came back to him.

— Mother (2009)

Si l'on revenait à notre petit problème?

Shall we get back to our little problem?

— Il était une fois dans l'Ouest (1968)

Un soir, elle revenait de Londres, j'ai cru que Favell était avec elle.

One evening, she was returning from London, and I thought Favell was with her.

— Rebecca (1940)

Et si le vrai Hitler revenait?

What if the real Hitler came back?

— Il est de retour (2015)

Il a dit qu'il revenait.

He said he was coming back.

Et s'il ne revenait pas?

What if he doesn't come back?

— Gangs of Wasseypur : 1ère partie (2012)

Personne n'a jamais su d'où il revenait.

No one ever knew where he was coming back from.

— Les Choristes (2004)

Plus j'en parlais, plus l'obscurité revenait.

The more I talked about it, the more the darkness returned.

— Scream 7 (2026)

Et si Da-song revenait?

What if Da-song came back?

— Parasite (2019)

Et s'il revenait maintenant?

What if he came back now?

Quand on se disputait, il y revenait.

When we argued, he would bring it up again.

— Anatomie d'une chute (2023)

J'ai pas dit que ma gueule leur revenait pas.

I didn’t say they didn’t like the look of my face.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Je l'ai su et je l'ai prévenue que s'il revenait, je les tuerais.

I found out and warned her that if he came back, I’d kill them.

— Rebecca (1940)