tónica

See also: tonica and tônica

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tônica (Brazil)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ni.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: tó‧ni‧ca

Noun

tónica f (plural tónicas) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (music) tonic (first note of a scale)
2. (grammar) the stressed vowel or consonant of a word
3. (figurative) the main or highlighted idea or subject of something

Adjective

tónica

1. feminine singular of tónico

Spanish

Noun

tónica f (plural tónicas)

1. tonic

Adjective

tónica

1. feminine singular of tónico

Further reading

• “tónico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014