Teresa
テレサ
Teresa
How It Is Said
- テte
- レre
- サsa
Teresa: three beats, each about the same length. Japanese has no strong stress, so the name is said evenly, beat by beat.
By Language
| Language | Katakana | Rōmaji | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | テレサ | Teresa | |
| Spanish | テレサ | Teresa | |
| Italian | テレーザ | Terēza | the usual form |
| テレサ | Teresa | also in use |
What Happens to the Sounds
- The Japanese r is a light tap of the tongue, like the quick t in an American "water": レ (re).
- The stressed vowel of an Italian name is often written long in katakana: レー (rē); so in Italian, Teresa is テレーザ (Terēza).
To Type It
On a computer with Japanese input switched on, type teresa, then press F7 on Windows or Control+K on a Mac to turn it into katakana. On a phone, type the same letters with the Japanese keyboard and choose テレサ among the suggestions.
Why Katakana
In Japan, names from abroad are written in katakana, the script for words from other languages. Kanji versions of Western names are mostly invented, and a Japanese reader often sees odd meanings in them; the katakana is what a Japanese person would really write. More on katakana and names
