Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial, no past participle, no present participle)Synonym of have got to, have to

    I gotta learn this for my exam.

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

Examples

110 sentences

  1. I gotta go back to Boston.

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  2. I gotta get back to Boston.

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  3. I gotta do what I've gotta do.

    Я маю зробити те, що маю зробити. — deniko

    deIch muss tun, was ich tun muss. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom, you've gotta go before Mary gets here.

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  5. I've gotta go to the bathroom.

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Origin

Contraction of got + to.

Contraction of got + to.

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Forms

gotta, gottaing, had to, had to
Base formgotta · to gotta
3rd person singulargotta
Present participlegottaing
Past simplehad to
Past participlehad to

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

all personsgotta

Past simpleLesson

all personshad to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave had to
he, she, ithas had to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gotta

Synonyms

2 synonyms
have toA1have got to

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gossipB1gossipergothgougegoulashgourd

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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