madrugador
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.dɾu.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [ma.dɾu.ɡaˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ma.dɾu.ɡaˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ma.dɾu.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [ma.dɾu.ɡaˈdoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ma.dɾu.ɡaˈdoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.dɾu.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [mɐ.ðɾu.ɣɐˈðoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.dɾu.ɡɐˈdo.ɾi/ [mɐ.ðɾu.ɣɐˈðo.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: ma‧dru‧ga‧dor
Adjective
madrugador (feminine madrugadora, masculine plural madrugadores, feminine plural madrugadoras)
- who wakes early
Noun
madrugador m (plural madrugadores, feminine madrugadora, feminine plural madrugadoras)
- early bird (one who wakes early)
Further reading
- “madrugador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “madrugador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /madɾuɡaˈdoɾ/ [ma.ð̞ɾu.ɣ̞aˈð̞oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: ma‧dru‧ga‧dor
Adjective
madrugador (feminine madrugadora, masculine plural madrugadores, feminine plural madrugadoras)
Noun
madrugador m (plural madrugadores, feminine madrugadora, feminine plural madrugadoras)
- early riser, early bird, morning person
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, chapter I, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha [ The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha], Primera parte, Madrid: Imprenta de Juan de la Cuesta:
- Era de complexión recia, seco de carnes, enjuto de rostro, gran madrugador y amigo de la caza.
- He had a strong constitution, spare, gaunt features; was a very early riser and a great hunter.
Related terms
Further reading
- “madrugador”, 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