madrugador

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.dɾu.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [ma.dɾu.ɡaˈdoh]

• (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]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.dɾu.ɡaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.dɾu.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [mɐ.ðɾu.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

• (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)

1. who wakes early

Noun

madrugador m (plural madrugadores, feminine madrugadora, feminine plural madrugadoras)

1. early bird (one who wakes early)

Spanish

Etymology

From madruga +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madɾuɡaˈdoɾ/ [ma.ð̞ɾu.ɣ̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧dru‧ga‧dor

Adjective

madrugador (feminine madrugadora, masculine plural madrugadores, feminine plural madrugadoras)

1. rising or waking early

Noun

madrugador m (plural madrugadores, feminine madrugadora, feminine plural madrugadoras)

1. early riser, early bird, morning person
   • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

     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

• madrugar

 

Further reading

• “madrugador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28