gangsta
gang·sta/ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ.stə/noun, adjective
gangsta is a noun meaning “Pronunciation spelling of gangster, representing African-American Vernacular English” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-A-N-G-S-T-A and has 2 syllables (gang·sta), and it appears 1.0 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of gangsta is gangstas.
What does gangsta mean?
noun
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of gangster, representing African-American Vernacular English.
adjective
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of gangster, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce gangsta?
- /ˈɡæŋ.stə/
- [ˈɡæŋ.stə]
- US /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ.stə/
Gangsta has 2 syllables, split gang·sta in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-gangsta.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gangsta
- gangstas plural
- more gangsta comparative
- most gangsta superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is gangsta?
Gangsta appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).