"Ton épouse s'était tue ?"

Translation: Had your spouse kept quiet?

[ftasb1]

Does it really mean "Had your spouse kept quiet?"?

This is not what google translate and google are saying.

[Sitesurf]

Unfortunately for you, that demonstrates that Google is not reliable...

What Google proposes is a nonsense "your wife was killed" which is "ton épouse a été tuée".

In other words they confuse the verb "tuer" (kill) with the verb "taire" (keep quiet).

[rosalindwills]

To be fair, the Duolingo dictionary seems to make the same mistake.

[ftasb1]

Thanks!

[rossjohnson]

What about: "had your spouse shut up?"

[Sitesurf]

it is familiar, not to say slang. for your info, in French, the popular version for that is "ta femme l'avait fermée" (referring to having closed her mouth)