El perdedor hizo trampa durante la partida.

In Spanish, it is very common to use the definite article with a noun when you mean the person in a general, identifiable role.

So el perdedor means the loser.

If you said just perdedor by itself, it would usually sound incomplete in a full sentence unless it were being used in a special context, like a label, insult, or headline.

Examples:

• El ganador recibió un premio. = The winner received a prize.
• El perdedor hizo trampa. = The loser cheated.

Perdedor comes from the verb perder = to lose.

It means:

• loser
• the person who lost

Depending on context, it can be neutral or insulting, just like loser in English.

Here, because of la partida, it most naturally means the person who lost the game/match.

Hizo is the third-person singular preterite form of hacer.

• hacer = to do / to make
• hizo = he did / she did / it did

So:

• El perdedor hizo trampa literally means The loser did cheating, but naturally it means The loser cheated.

This is an important irregular preterite form:

• yo hice
• tú hiciste
• él/ella/usted hizo
• nosotros hicimos
• ellos/ellas/ustedes hicieron

Notice that hacer changes in the preterite stem:

• not hacó
• but hizo

Because hacer trampa is a very common Spanish expression meaning to cheat.

Literally, it is:

• hacer = to do / make
• trampa = trick / cheating / dishonest move

Together:

• hacer trampa = to cheat

Spanish often uses verb + noun expressions where English uses a single verb.

Examples:

• Hizo trampa en el examen. = He cheated on the exam.
• No hagas trampa. = Don’t cheat.

You may also hear hacer trampas, but hacer trampa is extremely common and natural.

In this expression, both forms can exist depending on region and style, but hacer trampa is a standard, very common way to say to cheat.

So:

• hacer trampa
• hacer trampas

Both can mean to cheat, though hacer trampa is often taught as the basic expression.

It works like an idiom, so it is best to learn the whole phrase rather than trying to translate each word too literally.

Durante means during.

It introduces a time period in which something happened.

So:

• durante la partida = during the game / during the match

Examples:

• Durante la clase, nadie habló. = During class, nobody spoke.
• Durante la noche, llovió mucho. = During the night, it rained a lot.

It is a preposition, so it is followed by a noun or noun phrase:

• durante la partida
• durante el viaje
• durante la reunión

Here, la partida means the game, the match, or the round/play session, depending on context.

A partida is often:

• a game of cards
• a board game
• a chess game
• a match/session of play

So in this sentence, it likely means:

• during the game
• during the match

Be careful: partida can have other meanings in other contexts, but here the gaming meaning is the most natural one.

Because partida and partido are different words.

• la partida often refers to a game/session/round, especially in gaming contexts
• el partido often means match in sports, or political party

Examples:

• una partida de ajedrez = a chess game
• un partido de fútbol = a soccer match
• un partido político = a political party

So for a general game situation, especially something like cards, chess, or board games, partida is very natural.

Because hacer trampa is a fixed verb expression, and Spanish word order here follows the normal pattern:

subject + verb + object/complement

So:

• El perdedor = subject
• hizo = verb
• trampa = part of the expression
• durante la partida = time phrase

This is the most neutral and natural order:

• El perdedor hizo trampa durante la partida.

Spanish can sometimes move things around for emphasis, but this standard order is what learners should expect most often.

In many cases, no—that would not be the most standard or natural choice for a learner.

The safest and most broadly understood option is:

• hacer trampa

Even if some related forms exist in certain varieties or contexts, hacer trampa is the expression you should learn and use.

So the natural sentence is:

• El perdedor hizo trampa durante la partida.

Yes. The verb hizo is in the preterite, which usually presents the action as a completed event in the past.

So the sentence means that the cheating happened as a completed past action:

• The loser cheated during the game.

If Spanish wanted to emphasize ongoing background action, it might use another tense, but here the speaker presents the cheating as a finished event.

If you wanted to say something like The loser was cheating or used to cheat, Spanish would probably change the tense.

For example:

• El perdedor hacía trampa durante la partida.

That could suggest a more ongoing, repeated, or descriptive past idea, depending on context.

But the original:

• El perdedor hizo trampa durante la partida focuses on a completed past event.

Yes, it is natural and clear in Latin American Spanish.

Everything in it is standard and widely understood:

• el perdedor
• hizo trampa
• durante la partida

A native speaker would understand it easily. The exact nuance of partida may depend a little on what kind of game is being discussed, but the sentence itself is perfectly normal.