# madrugada
## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /madɾuˈɡada/ [ma.ð̞ɾuˈɣ̞ɑ.ð̞ɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /madɾuˈɡada/ [ma.ð̞ɾuˈɣ̞ɑ.ð̞ɐ]
* IPA: (gheada) /madɾuˈħada/ [ma.ð̞ɾuˈħɑ.ð̞ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Hyphenation: ma‧dru‧ga‧da

### Noun

madrugada f (plural madrugadas)
* the period between midnight and sunrise; early morning
    Hyponym: altas horas
* dawn
    Synonyms: abrente, alborada, amañecida

#### Related terms

* madrugar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “madurgada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “madurgada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* 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
* dawn

## Ladino
### Noun

madrugada f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מאדֿרוגאדֿא, plural madrugadas)
* dawn, early morning

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From madrugado, from the verb madrugar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ma.dɾuˈɡa.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ma.dɾuˈɡa.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ma.dɾuˈɡa.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐ.dɾuˈɡa.dɐ/ [mɐ.ðɾuˈɣa.ðɐ]
* Hyphenation: ma‧dru‧ga‧da

### Noun

madrugada f (plural madrugadas)
* the period between midnight and sunrise; early morning
    Synonym: (slang) madruga
* (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
* feminine singular of madrugado

## Spanish
### Etymology

From the past participle of madrugar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /madɾuˈɡada/ [ma.ð̞ɾuˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: ma‧dru‧ga‧da

### Noun

madrugada f (plural madrugadas)
* dawn
* early hours of the morning, before dawn; the period of time between midnight and sunrise

#### Derived terms

* de madrugada

#### See also

* alba
* amanecer
* mañana

### Participle

madrugada f sg
* feminine singular of madrugado

### Further reading

* “madrugada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10