gotta

See also: gôtta

English

Alternative forms

• gotsta

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒtə/, [ˈɡɒʔə]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑtə/, [ˈɡɑɾə]

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• (Boston, New England) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌtə/, /ˈɡɒtə/
• Rhymes: -ɑtə, -ɒtə, -ʌtə

Contraction

gotta

1. (informal, colloquial) Contraction of have got to (“have to; must”).

   I gotta learn this for my exam.

2. (informal, colloquial) Contraction of have to.

   If there's beer, dude, you don't even gotta ask.

   • 2016, Yuu Kamiya, translated by Daniel Komen, No Game No Life, volume 4:

     “All right, let’s go. They must have sake, eh? Oh, Izuna, will you come along?”
     “If they have fish or meat, you don’t gotta ask, please.”

3. (informal, colloquial) Contraction of got a.
   • 2009, The Black Eyed Peas, I Gotta Feeling:

     I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:gotta.

See also

• to (particle)
• gotcha
• gtg
• hafta
• got-to

Anagrams

• got at

Finnish

Noun

gotta

1. abessive singular of go

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin gutta.

Noun

gotta f (plural gotte)

1. gout

Derived terms

• ingottito

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gotta

1. inflection of gottare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Gatto, gatto

Portuguese

Noun

gotta f (plural gottas)

1. Obsolete spelling of gota

Romansch

Alternative forms

• gutta (Rumantsch Grischun)
• guota (Sursilvan)
• guta (Sutsilvan)
• guotta (Puter, Vallader)
• aguotta (Puter)

Etymology

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Noun

gotta f (plural gottas)

1. (carpentry, Surmiran) nail

Swedish

Verb

gotta (present gottar, preterite gottade, supine gottat, imperative gotta)

1. (reflexive) to enjoy oneself (often in a gloating manner)

   Han gottade sig åt rivalens dundertabbe

   He gloated over his rivals' massive blunder

Conjugation

Conjugation of gotta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	gotta		—
Supine	gottat		—
Imperative	gotta		—
Imper. plural1	gotten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	gottar	gottade	—	—
Ind. plural1	gotta	gottade	—	—
Subjunctive2	gotte	gottade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	gottande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• gotta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)