Also means
to drench, steep
Usage Note
tremper covers soaking bread in liquid (tremper son pain dans la soupe), being drenched by rain (être trempé jusqu'aux os, soaked to the bone), and steeping ingredients. The expression tremper dans une affaire means to be mixed up in a shady business. Trempé as an adjective means soaking wet.
Examples
"Elle trempe son biscuit dans le café."
Natural Translation
She dips her biscuit in the coffee.
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