tu foutais

you were doing

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phrase Rare #37,489

you were doing An informal and vulgar use of the imperfect tense of foutre, commonly heard in the question « Qu'est-ce que tu foutais ? » meaning “What were you doing?”

FR: Qu'est-ce que tu foutais dans ma chambre ?

EN: What were you doing in my room?

Qu'est-ce que tu foutais là ?

What the hell were you doing there?

— L'Échine du diable (2001)

Tu foutais quoi ?

What were you up to?

— Monsieur Hire (1989)

Qu'est-ce que tu foutais dans les quartiers sociaux ?

What the hell were you doing in the social housing projects?

— American Gangster (2007)

Qu'est-ce que tu foutais ?

What the hell were you doing?

— Piège de cristal (1988)

Qu'est-ce que tu foutais là, putain ?

What the fuck were you doing there?

— American Gangster (2007)

Qu'est-ce que tu foutais là-haut, Hans ?

What the hell were you doing up there, Hans?

— Piège de cristal (1988)