tónica
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ni.kɐ/
- Hyphenation: tó‧ni‧ca
Noun
tónica f (plural tónicas) (European 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
tónica
- feminine singular of tónico
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtonika/ [ˈt̪o.ni.ka]
- Rhymes: -onika
- Syllabification: tó‧ni‧ca
- Homophone: ctónica
Noun
tónica f (plural tónicas)
Adjective
tónica
- feminine singular of tónico
Further reading
- “tónica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024