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de madrugada

in the middle of the night

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in the middle of the night Used for the late-night or very early morning hours, often when most people are asleep.
PO: Eu acordei de madrugada com barulho na rua.
EN: I woke up in the middle of the night because of noise on the street.

De madrugada.

In the early hours of the morning.

— Psicose (1960)

O velho pescador saía todo dia de madrugada para o mar.

The old fisherman would go out to sea every day at dawn.

Perdão, mas até de madrugada?

Excuse me, but until the early hours of the morning?

— Perfeitos Desconhecidos (2016)

Devemos acordar de madrugada.

We should wake up in the middle of the night.

Se não estiver na minha obra, amanhã, de madrugada, terá de se haver comigo.

If you're not at my construction site tomorrow morning, you'll have to deal with me.

— Astérix e Obélix: Missão Cleópatra (2002)

Eles atacam de madrugada quando todos estão dormindo.

They attack in the early morning hours when everyone is asleep.

— O Hobbit: Uma Jornada Inesperada (2012)

Ontem tu já me fez dormir de madrugada.

You already had me staying up until the early hours yesterday.

— Central do Brasil (1998)

De madrugada eu volto para o quartinho.

I go back to the little room in the early hours of the morning.

— Carandiru (2003)

O idiota do vizinho liga o som alto de madrugada.

That idiot neighbor plays loud music in the middle of the night.

Eu vou ter que trabalhar até de madrugada hoje de noite.

I'll have to work until the early hours of the morning tonight.