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gotta
[got-uh]
got to; have got to.
I can’t stay—I gotta get up early tomorrow.
got a; have got a.
Hey, man, gotta light?
gotta
/ ˈɡɒə /
verb
got to
Usage
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gotta1
Example Sentences
“Because you lived your whole life, elementary school to high school, everything done for you. Now, it’s like, you gotta figure stuff out yourself and just have to see where that takes you.”
“He’s gotta show that he’s concerned about the officers and their feelings,” said Placencia.
Villarreal: Sorry, I’m telling you, you gotta keep up, Kelvin.
James: I had a silk blouse, I was like, “I can’t be sweaty, I still gotta look fly, the hair gotta flow, gotta be a little funny, gotta be little sexy, gotta be believable that I’m letting loose.”
“Obviously it didn’t go the way we wanted it to, like I said at the end of the year, but you gotta move on.”
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When To Use
Gotta is an informal shortening of the phrase got to, as in My ride is here, so I gotta go.A past tense form of the verb get, got is used informally to mean "must" or "have got." To is used to mark an infinitive verb, as in to run, to read, or to sing. Together, the informal got to means "have to" or "need to." In informal language, speakers will shorten got to to gotta. You can use it to mean "must" or "have to," as in I gotta get an A on the next test to pass the course.Gotta is also an informal shortening for got a, meaning "have." If you’re thirsty, you might ask your friends, Anybody gotta bottle of water? Some other similar shortenings include wanna ("want to," "want a"), gonna ("going to"), hafta ("have to"), lemme ("let me"), kinda ("kind of"), and dunno ("don’t know").Example: Well I gotta go soon, so why don’t I start packing up?
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