gotta
See also: gôtta
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒtə/, [ˈɡɒʔə]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑtə/, [ˈɡɑɾə]
Audio (US) (file) - (Boston, New England) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌtə/, /ˈɡɒtə/
- Rhymes: -ɑtə, -ɒtə, -ʌtə
Contraction edit
gotta
- (informal, colloquial) Contraction of have got to (“have to; must”).
- I gotta learn this for my exam.
- (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.”
- (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 edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:gotta.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Noun edit
gotta
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
gotta f (plural gotte)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
gotta
- inflection of gottare:
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
gotta f (plural gottas)
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
- gutta (Rumantsch Grischun)
- guota (Sursilvan)
- guta (Sutsilvan)
- guotta (Puter, Vallader)
- aguotta (Puter)
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
gotta f (plural gottas)
Swedish edit
Verb edit
gotta (present gottar, preterite gottade, supine gottat, imperative gotta)
- (reflexive) to enjoy oneself (often in a gloating manner)
- Han gottade sig åt rivalens dundertabbe
- He gloated over his rivals' massive blunder
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gotta (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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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. |