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désolé
Désolé without its vowels, to apologise quickly: being late, forgetting, declining. It often opens the message.
How it is said
désolé
Gender and article
no article
Where you meet it
A text, a reply to an invitation.
Example
Dsl, je peux pas ce soir, j'ai un exam demain
Sorry, I can't tonight, I've got an exam tomorrow
In the DELF
reading A2
Watch out
It has neither gender nor number, unlike désolé(e). In an exam, « je suis désolé » or « je vous prie de m'excuser ».