in the early morning
Le robaron de madrugada cuando venía a casa.
He was robbed in the early hours of the morning when he was coming home.
Las chicas van por café de madrugada.
The girls go out for coffee in the early morning.
— La gran enfermedad del amor (2017)
Tom murió el lunes de madrugada.
Tom died early Monday morning.
Debemos levantarnos de madrugada.
We have to get up at dawn.
El avión de Chicago llegó al aeropuerto de madrugada.
The plane from Chicago arrived at the airport in the early hours of the morning.
De madrugada bajará la temperatura.
The temperature will drop in the early hours of the morning.
Ayer me hizo dormir de madrugada.
Yesterday, he/she made me go to sleep in the early hours of the morning.
— Estación central de Brasil (1998)
El accidente ocurrió de madrugada.
The accident happened in the early hours of the morning.
Tom trabaja todos los días de madrugada a noche.
Tom works every day from early morning until night.