madrugada

From Portuguese madrugada.

madrugada

1. dawn

From madrugado, from the verb madrugar.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.dɾu.ˈɡa.dɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ðɾu.ˈɣa.ðɐ/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧dru‧ga‧da

madrugada f (plural madrugadas)

1. the period between midnight and sunrise; early morning

   Synonym: madruga (slang)

2. (figuratively) dawn (the first stages of a process)

   Synonyms: alvorada, nascer

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:madrugada.

• madrugar

• amanhecer
• manhã

madrugada

1. feminine singular past participle of madrugar

From past participle of madrugar.

• IPA^(key): /madɾuˈɡada/, [maðɾuˈɣaða]

madrugada f (plural madrugadas)

1. dawn
2. early hours of the morning, before dawn
3. the period of time between midnight and before sunrise

• alba
• amanecer
• mañana

madrugada

1. Feminine singular past participle of madrugar.

• “madrugada” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.