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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese madurgada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from the verb madurgar (Modern Galician madrugar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /madɾuˈɡada/
- IPA(key): (gheada) /madɾuˈħada/
- 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
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
- 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.
See also
Participle
madrugada f sg
- feminine singular of madrugado
Spanish
Etymology
From the past participle of madrugar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /madɾuˈɡada/
- 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
See also
Participle
madrugada f sg
- feminine singular of madrugado
Further reading