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madrugar

mah-droo-GAR[maðɾuˈɣaɾ]

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to get up very early, in a single verb — early rising

Closest in English: early-rising, early-rise, early-riser. None of them covers it.

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The story

Spanish compresses a whole English clause, to get up early, into one verb, then argues about it in proverbs: God helps those who madrugan, yet no amount of madrugar makes dawn come any sooner. English never got further than the early riser.

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  1. Which language is it from?Spanish
  2. What's the opposite?Trasnochar (to stay up all night)
  3. Where would you hear it?A market trader's alarm going off at four
  4. What does it mean?To get up before the sun does

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