tónico

See also: tonico and tônico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tônico (Brazil)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ni.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɔniku
• Hyphenation: tó‧ni‧co

Adjective

tónico (feminine tónica, masculine plural tónicos, feminine plural tónicas, not comparable) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (music, phonetics) tonic (relating to tones)
2. (music) tonic (pertaining to the keynote of a composition)
3. (phonetics) stressed (having stress)
4. (pharmacology) tonic; invigorating (giving vigour, vitality)

Derived terms

• tonicamente

Noun

tónico m (plural tónicos) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (pharmacology) tonic (substance with invigorating properties)

Spanish

Adjective

tónico (feminine tónica, masculine plural tónicos, feminine plural tónicas)

1. tonic

Derived terms

• agua tónica

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tocino