- madrugar
- v.to get up early.no por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano (Prov) time must take its courseal que madruga, Dios le ayuda (Prov) the early bird catches the worm* * *madrugar► verbo intransitivo1 (levantarse pronto) to get up early2 (adelantarse) to get there first3 (ocurrir pronto) to come out early\FRASEOLOGÍAa quien madruga Dios le ayuda the early bird catches the wormno por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano time must take its course* * *1. VI1) (=levantarse temprano) [una vez] to get up early, get up at the crack of dawn; [por costumbre] to be an early riser2) (=anticiparse) to be quick off the mark3) (=precipitarse) to jump the gun2.VT
madrugar a algn — (=adelantarse) to get in ahead of sb; CAm (=matar) to bump sb off *
* * *1.verbo intransitivo to get up earlya quien madruga Dios lo ayuda — the early bird catches the worm
2.no por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano — everything at its appointed time
madrugar vt (AmL fam) <persona> to beat ... to it (colloq)* * *= get up + early.Ex. Getting up early is one of the most important things you can do for your health and fitness.----* a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.* * *1.verbo intransitivo to get up earlya quien madruga Dios lo ayuda — the early bird catches the worm
2.no por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano — everything at its appointed time
madrugar vt (AmL fam) <persona> to beat ... to it (colloq)* * *= get up + early.Ex: Getting up early is one of the most important things you can do for your health and fitness.
* a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.* * *madrugar [A3 ]vito get up earlya quien madruga Dios lo ayuda the early bird catches the wormno por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano everything at its appointed time■ madrugarvt(AmL fam) to beat … to it (colloq)¡me madrugaste! yo me iba a sentar allí you beat me to it! I was going to sit there* * *
madrugar (conjugate madrugar) verbo intransitivo
to get up early
madrugar verbo intransitivo to get up early
'madrugar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fastidio
- costumbre
* * *madrugar♦ vi1. [levantarse temprano] to get up early;Provno por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano time must take its course;Proval que madruga, Dios le ayuda the early bird catches the worm2. [anticiparse] to be quick off the mark3. [ocurrir pronto]los goles madrugaron it wasn't long before the goals started flowing♦ vtAm Fam to beat to it;nos madrugaste, te íbamos a hacer la misma sugerencia you beat us to it, we were going to make the same suggestion to you* * *madrugarv/i1 L.Am. (quedarse despierto) stay up till the small hours2 (levantarse temprano) get up early;a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda the early bird catches the worm* * *madrugar {52} vi1) : to get up early2) : to get a head start* * *madrugar vb to get up earlyno le gusta nada madrugar she hates getting up early
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.