was crawling
Past progressive conjugation of crawl.
crawl
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crawl
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., éternuer.).
a. ramper
The baby's started to crawl; you have to watch him carefully.Le bébé a commencé à ramper, il faut bien le surveiller.
b. marcher à quatre pattes
Our baby started to crawl a month ago.Notre bébé a commencé à marcher à quatre pattes il y a un mois.
2. (insect)
a. avancer au ralenti
Cars are crawling because of road construction.Les voitures avancent au ralenti pour cause de travaux routiers.
b. avancer au pas
Traffic is crawling, but I'm not sure why.La circulation avance au pas, mais je ne sais pas pourquoi.
a. ramper (figurative)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
I refuse to crawl before anyone.Je refuse de ramper devant qui que ce soit.
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
6. (slow pace)
a. le ralenti (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
We'll never arrive if you keep going at a crawl!On n’arrivera jamais si tu continues à avancer au ralenti !
7. (swimming)
a. le crawl (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
When I want to be fast in the pool, I swim the crawl.Quand je veux aller vite dans la piscine, je nage le crawl.
Conjugations
Indicative of "crawl"
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