trompé

This is the 12077th most frequent French word.


trompé

Deceived; mistaken.


Here, 'trompé' is used as part of the reflexive verb 'se tromper', meaning 'to make a mistake'.

Je me suis trompé en répondant à la question.

I made a mistake in answering the question.


In this case, 'trompé' is used as the past participle of 'tromper', which can mean 'to cheat' or 'to deceive'.

Il l'a trompée avec une collègue de travail.

He cheated on her with a colleague from work.


Here, 'trompé' is used in the passive voice to mean 'to mislead' or 'to deceive'.

Nous avons été trompés par des publicités mensongères.

We were misled by deceptive advertisements.