wanna

[won-uh, waw-nuh]

Informal.

1. want to.

   I wanna get out of here.

2. want a.

   Wanna beer?

wanna

/ ˈwɒnə /

verb

1. a spelling of want to intended to reflect a dialectal or informal pronunciation

   I wanna go home

Word History and Origins

Origin of wanna¹

A phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of want to or want a in continuous rapid speech

Example Sentences

The accused also told the judge, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grub, that: "I don't wanna intend anyway that's what it is."

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This is the kind of thing that I wanna act in.

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I’d see Kim Kardashian in — what’s that cartoon that she’s in? — anyways, I was like “Oh, my God, I really wanna be an inanimate object like a cat or dog.”

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As Victoria tells David in the final moments of the docuseries, “I’m proud and I’m not ashamed to say that I’m ambitious, and I’ve still got a lot that I wanna do.”

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“You wanna kill them. But you can’t, because it’s going to cost your team.”

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