what's desmadrugados mean?

Question

Please tell me what desmadrugados means. Thanks.

Welcome to our rinconcillo! Interesting contraction you employed in "what's" for "what does" I'm assuming = my cursory research turned up that such usage is typically oral, it is colloquial and regarded incorrect by some... go figure! :) - cristalino, Jan 10, 2012

Those that couldn't get up? - annierats, Feb 8, 2015

Answer 1

Hmmm, latecomers perhaps?

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Just a guess!

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Sorry, but I should have done this the right way to begin with; if you consult DRAE, you will get this result:

La palabra desmadrugado no está en el Diccionario. (neither is the verb form desmadrugar)

I was merely going by madrugar and then attempting to come up with the opposite, as it were... perhaps you might use desvelado/a or trasnochado/a for someone who stays in bed/asleep way past the usual time for getting up, like someone who tries to burn the candle at both ends!

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Incidentally, an insomniac is insomne in Spanish and I would agrue slightly different in meaning, as such an individual is unable to sleep, whereas the former "oversleeps" shall we say?

I think it is a telenovela. Cristalino, your answer helped greatly. Thanks to all but crabapple Gregory84. :-) - redrockroo, Feb 9, 2015

Answer 2

strong text"Desmadrugados" appears to mean "not at the beginning of the day (or dawn)", or "period of time between midnight and before the sunrise", since strong text"madrugados" means "at the beginning of the day (or dawn)." This week, it appears in the NYC area at strong text2AM and strong text11AM on strong textSunday and strong text4AM on strong textMonday.

Why did you drag this up as your first contribution to SD? - ian-hill, Feb 8, 2015

Answer 3

This question has been answered before.

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Answer 4

Madrugar is to get up very early.

I suppose "desmadrugar" would be the opposite. Anyway, I haven't heard that word before.