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No entiendo. ¿Qué significa «madrugar»?

I don't understand. What does 'madrugar' mean?

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Why every word is where it is

No1adverbnotentiendo2verbI understandentender · present · 1st sing..¿Qué3pronounwhatsignifica3verbmeanssignificar · present · 3rd sing.«madrugarverbto get up very earlyinfinitive»?

No → entiendo: no + verb
madrugar → significa: subject of significa

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Negation: no goes right before the verb. Questions and negation →
2
entender changes e → ie: entiendo. Present tense: stem-changing verbs (e → ie, o → ue, e → i, u → ue) →
3
¿Qué significa…? asks for a meaning; the word asked about is the subject. Questions and negation →

Variations

No entiendo. ¿Qué quiere decir «madrugar»?
Perdón, no entiendo.