Does “trop” mean “too” or “very” in French?

Textbooks teach trop as “too”: c’est trop cher, “it’s too expensive.” In casual French, though, trop very often just means “really” or “so,” with no sense of excess: c’est trop bien is “it’s so good,” and il est trop mignon is “he’s so cute.” Il est trop bête, celui-là means “that guy is so dumb,” not “too dumb.”

Tone and context tell you which one you’re hearing. A complaint (c’est trop loin, “it’s too far”) is the classic “too”; delight or teasing (trop drôle !, “so funny!”) is the intensifier. In writing or formal speech, stick with très. In this riddle clip the punchline is a dumb answer to a number puzzle, and the reaction il est trop bête celui-là is pure teasing.