"gotta" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɒtə/ [UK], [ˈɡɒʔə] [UK], /ˈɡɑtə/ [US], [ˈɡɑɾə] [US], /ˈɡʌtə/ [Boston, New-England], /ˈɡɒtə/ [Boston, New-England] Audio: en-us-gotta.ogg Forms: gotta [present, singular, third-person]
Rhymes: -ɑtə, -ɒtə, -ʌtə Etymology: Contraction of got to. Etymology templates: {{contraction|en|got to}} Contraction of got to Head templates: {{en-verb|gotta|-|-|-}} gotta (third-person singular simple present gotta, no present participle, no simple past or past participle)
  1. (colloquial) Synonym of have got to, have to Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction, no-past, no-present-participle, participle, past Alternative form of: got to Synonyms: have got to [synonym, synonym-of], have to [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-gotta-en-verb-Oa2pwtRO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English non-constituents Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English non-constituents: 62 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gotsta
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɒtə/ [UK], [ˈɡɒʔə] [UK], /ˈɡɑtə/ [US], [ˈɡɑɾə] [US], /ˈɡʌtə/ [Boston, New-England], /ˈɡɒtə/ [Boston, New-England] Audio: en-us-gotta.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑtə, -ɒtə, -ʌtə Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} gotta
  1. (colloquial) Contraction of got a. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Alternative form of: got a Related terms: gotcha, gtg, hafta, got-to
    Sense id: en-gotta-en-verb-e7KkFPyy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gotsta
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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