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il échoua

ran aground, failed

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échou fail; run aground + a 3rd person singular past
verb · third singular · past indicative Rare #31,111
ran aground Past historic (passé simple), 3rd person singular, often used in writing; in everyday speech you usually use the passé composé (a échoué).
FR: Le bateau échoua près de la plage.
EN: The boat ran aground near the beach.
failed Past historic (passé simple), 3rd person singular, often used in writing; in everyday speech you usually use the passé composé (a échoué).
FR: Il échoua à l’examen final.
EN: He failed the final exam.
Conjugation of échouer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third échoua —

Il échoua à son examen.

He failed his exam.

L'expérience échoua.

The experiment failed.

Elle échoua chaque fois qu'elle essaya.

She failed every time she tried.

Il échoua à l'examen d'entrée.

He failed the entrance exam.

En plus de cela, il échoua à l'examen.

On top of that, he failed the exam.

Il échoua à l'examen.

He failed the exam.

En résumé, le projet échoua.

In short, the project failed.

Le projet échoua.

The project failed.

Tom fit de son mieux, mais échoua.

Tom tried his best, but failed.