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From Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek.

crónica f sg

1. feminine singular of crónico

crónica f (plural crónicas)

1. chronicle

• crônica (Brazil)
• chrónica (obsolete)

Learned borrowing from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

• Rhymes: -ɔnikɐ
• Hyphenation: cró‧ni‧ca

crónica (European Portuguese spelling)

1. feminine singular of crónico

crónica f (plural crónicas) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. chronicle
2. (journalism) column, article
3. narrative, account

• “crônica”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “crônica”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “crónica” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “crónica”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “crônica”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “crónica”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾonika/ [ˈkɾo.ni.ka]
• Rhymes: -onika
• Syllabification: cró‧ni‧ca

From Latin chronĭca, from Ancient Greek.

crónica f (plural crónicas)

1. chronicle

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

crónica

1. feminine singular of crónico

• “crónico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10