"hafta" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Written form of a reduction of have to.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hasta",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hafta",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hadda",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hadda",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hasta",
        "2": "-",
        "3": "hadda",
        "pres_3sg2": "hafta"
      },
      "expansion": "hafta (third-person singular simple present hasta or hafta, no present participle, simple past and past participle hadda)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "must",
          "word": "have to. Be required to"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English non-constituents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I hafta fill in my tax return.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of have to. Be required to; must."
      ],
      "id": "en-hafta-en-verb-aRfmB-aV",
      "links": [
        [
          "have to",
          "have to#English"
        ],
        [
          "required",
          "required"
        ],
        [
          "must",
          "must"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Contraction of have to. Be required to; must."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "gotta"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "colloquial",
        "contraction",
        "no-present-participle"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "reduction (linguistics)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhæftə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hafta.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/En-us-hafta.ogg/En-us-hafta.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/En-us-hafta.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æftə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hafta"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Written form of a reduction of have to.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hasta",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hafta",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hadda",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hadda",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hasta",
        "2": "-",
        "3": "hadda",
        "pres_3sg2": "hafta"
      },
      "expansion": "hafta (third-person singular simple present hasta or hafta, no present participle, simple past and past participle hadda)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gotta"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "must",
          "word": "have to. Be required to"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English contractions",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English modal verbs",
        "English non-constituents",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/æftə",
        "Rhymes:English/æftə/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I hafta fill in my tax return.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of have to. Be required to; must."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have to",
          "have to#English"
        ],
        [
          "required",
          "required"
        ],
        [
          "must",
          "must"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Contraction of have to. Be required to; must."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "colloquial",
        "contraction",
        "no-present-participle"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "reduction (linguistics)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhæftə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hafta.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/En-us-hafta.ogg/En-us-hafta.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/En-us-hafta.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æftə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hafta"
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2278",
  "msg": "suspicious alt_of/form_of with '. ': have to. Be required to",
  "path": [
    "hafta"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "hafta",
  "trace": ""
}