What does “madrugada” mean in Spanish?
Chica de tienda se vuelve viral en una noche
A2 Spanish listening practice · Mexican Spanish · Picked for people who know a little
English fumbles with “the wee hours”; Spanish has a real word: la madrugada, the stretch between midnight and sunrise. De madrugada means during those hours, and clock times switch over too — 3 a.m. is las tres de la madrugada, not de la mañana. The word even comes with its own verb: madrugar, “to get up very early.”
The clip is one lonely madrugada that paid off: “Estoy sola en la caja de la tienda, de madrugada” — and by morning, fifty-five thousand new followers. The verb stars in a famous proverb: No por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano — getting up earlier won’t make the sun rise sooner. Good things, however, come to el que madruga.
How common are the words?
How common are the words in this A2 Spanish listening practice video?
How common in written Spanish
How common in spoken Spanish
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-ESP 2011 (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.