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wanna

/ˈwɑ.nə/

wanna contraction: represents a contracted pronunciation of want to.

Contraction

wanna

  1. (colloquial, contraction) Represents a contracted pronunciation of want to.
    • I wanna go home!
    • 'Pair of shoes for you at last.' I picked one up. It was weathered, with a split heel and no laces. 'Too big for me,' I said, dropping it back to the floor. 'Wanna look at the Germans, like?' said Ade, standing. 'Proper, like? Come on.[…]2017 January 31, Emma Kennedy, Shoes for Anthony: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 115
  2. (colloquial, contraction) Represents a contracted pronunciation of want a.
    • I wanna puppy!

Origin of wanna

Contractions. Attested as early as 1824.

Words formed from wanna

Phrases with wanna

Words that rhyme with wanna

Questions about wanna

What does wanna mean?
Wanna means represents a contracted pronunciation of want to.
What part of speech is wanna?
Wanna is a contraction.
How do you pronounce wanna?
Wanna is pronounced /ˈwɑ.nə/.

Words near wanna in the dictionary

  1. Wanlockhead
  2. Wanluan
  3. wanly
  4. Wanman
  5. Wann
  6. wanna
  7. wanna bet
  8. wanna contraction
  9. wanna contractions
  10. wanna-be
  11. wannabe

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: wanna (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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