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hafta

/ˈhæf.tə/

hafta is the contraction of have to.

Meaning of have to

Verb

have to (third-person singular simple present has to, present participle having to, simple past and past participle had to)

  1. Must; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation.
    • You have to wear a seat belt.
  2. Must; expresses a logical conclusion.
    • that has to be the postman; it has to be an electrical fault
    Synonyms:
    be bound to, have got to, got to, gotta, must

Forms of hafta

third-person singular presenthasta
third-person singular presenthafta
past participlehadda
pasthadda

Origin of hafta

Written form of a reduction of have to.

Words that rhyme with hafta

Questions about hafta

What is hafta the contraction of?
Hafta is the contraction of have to.
How do you pronounce hafta?
Hafta is pronounced /ˈhæf.tə/.

Words near hafta in the dictionary

  1. hafod
  2. hafods
  3. Hafodyrynys
  4. haft
  5. Haft Seen
  6. hafta
  7. haftability
  8. haftable
  9. haftara
  10. haftarah
  11. haftarahs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hafta (page history and authors); have to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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