madrugada

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese madurgada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from the verb madurgar (Modern Galician madrugar).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /madɾuˈɡada/ [ma.ð̞ɾuˈɣ̞ɑ.ð̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /madɾuˈɡada/ [ma.ð̞ɾuˈɣ̞ɑ.ð̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /madɾuˈħada/ [ma.ð̞ɾuˈħɑ.ð̞ɐ]

• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: ma‧dru‧ga‧da

Noun

madrugada f (plural madrugadas)

1. the period between midnight and dawn; postmidnight

   Hyponym: altas horas

2. dawn

   Synonyms: abrente, alborada, amañecida

Related terms

• madrugar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “madurgada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “madurgada”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “madrugada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “madrugada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “madrugada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese madrugada.

Noun

madrugada

1. dawn

Ladino

Noun

madrugada f (Hebrew spelling מאדֿרוגאדֿא, plural madrugadas)

1. dawn, early morning

Portuguese

Etymology

From madrugado, from the verb madrugar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.dɾuˈɡa.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.dɾuˈɡa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.dɾuˈɡa.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.dɾuˈɡa.dɐ/ [mɐ.ðɾuˈɣa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: ma‧dru‧ga‧da

Noun

madrugada f (plural madrugadas)

2. the period between midnight and sunrise; early morning

   Synonym: (slang) madruga

4. (figurative) dawn (the first stages of a process)

   Synonyms: alvorada, nascer

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:madrugada.

Related terms

• madrugar

See also

• amanhecer
• manhã

Participle

madrugada f sg

1. feminine singular of madrugado

Further reading

• “madrugada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “madrugada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From the past participle of madrugar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madɾuˈɡada/ [ma.ð̞ɾuˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ma‧dru‧ga‧da

Noun

madrugada f (plural madrugadas)

1. dawn
2. early hours of the morning, before dawn; the period of time between midnight and sunrise
   • 2026 January 3, “Trump anuncia la captura de Nicolás Maduro y Cilia Flores”, in El Nacional‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 January 2026:

     El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció la madrugada de este sábado que Nicolás Maduro y Cilia Flores fueron capturados y extraidos de Venezuela, tras una serie de ataques llevados a cabo en Caracas, Miranda, Aragua y La Guaira.

     The president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced early Saturday morning that Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores were captured and removed from Venezuela, after a series of attacks carried out in Caracas, Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira.

Derived terms

• de madrugada

See also

• alba
• amanecer
• mañana

Participle

madrugada f sg

1. feminine singular of madrugado

Further reading

• “madrugada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025