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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, voltei pro quartinho.

In the early hours of the morning, I went back to the little room.

— Carandiru (2003)

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)

De madrugada.

In the early hours of the morning.

— Psicose (1960)

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)

Devemos acordar de madrugada.

We should wake up in the middle of the night.

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.

Ontem me fez dormir de madrugada.

Yesterday, you made me go to sleep in the early hours.

— Central do Brasil (1998)

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)