tônica
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtõ.ni.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈto.ni.ka/
- Hyphenation: tô‧ni‧ca
Noun
tônica f (plural tônicas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- (music) tonic (first note of a scale)
- (grammar) the stressed vowel or consonant of a word
- (figurative) the main or highlighted idea or subject of something
Adjective
tônica
- feminine singular of tônico
Further reading
- “tônica”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “tônica”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026