il secoua

shook

→ secouer
secou to shake, to jolt + a 3rd-person singular simple past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #31,591
shook Literary past-tense form; everyday spoken French usually uses a different past tense.
FR: Il secoua la bouteille.
EN: He shook the bottle.
Conjugation of secouer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third secoua —

Keith secoua la tête.

Keith shook his head.

Il secoua son fils par les épaules.

He shook his son by the shoulders.

Il secoua la tête avec colère.

He shook his head angrily.

Brunel secoua la tête.

Brunel shook his head.

En colère, il secoua bruyamment la porte fermée à clef.

Angrily, he loudly shook the locked door.

Il secoua la tête.

He shook his head.

James secoua la tête.

James shook his head.

"La duchesse secoua fermement la tête, "à ma grande déception.

The duchess shook her head firmly, much to my disappointment.

— Mademoiselle (2016)

Moi-même, un frisson de gêne me secoua.

Even I shuddered with embarrassment.

Markofferson secoua la tête.

Markofferson shook his head.

Il secoua le bras.

He shook his arm.

Le prisonnier secoua la tête.

The prisoner shook his head.