tônica

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === tónica (Portugal) === Pronunciation === 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