alternate name for reunion in spanish

Question

pls give me an alternate name for reunion in spanish

Bienvenida al foro. Welcome to the forum - 0074b507, JUL 10, 2010

Answer 1

If you're looking for an alternate for "reunión" then I would go with "encuentro". "Cita" also works but it means appointment or date, and it also works for if you are going out on a date too.

Agree ... and voting!! :) - Benz, JUL 10, 2010

Answer 2

I just heard it on tv and looked for synonyms junta

Just for business or the government :) - Benz, JUL 10, 2010

Answer 3

La asamblea: used more in the context of a meeting, like people getting together for a professional meeting, I believe.

Yes, this word is mainly used when the meeting have a formal side, for example in clubs or institutions that have to choose new authorities for example :) - Benz, JUL 10, 2010

Answer 4

tertulia [ter-too’-le-ah] noun 1. Club, assembly, circle, coterie, evening party (reunión informal). (f) 2. Part of the boxes in a play-house reserved for women only. (f)

* Estar de tertulia -> to talk, to sit around talking

adjective 1. Relating to a meeting of friends or party.

Ha Ha. Do they make the women sit in the back or front of the theater box? Closer or farther to the stage? - 0074b507, JUL 10, 2010

Wow, I have never heard tertulia on this side of the pond and when I mentioned to my friends that we were having one they all looked blank and when I explained they were still blank! Common in Spain! - margaretbl, JUL 10, 2010

We don't use tertulia in Argentina except when talking about colonial times, when Argentina was ruled by Spain, la Madre Patria!! :) - Benz, JUL 10, 2010

Answer 5

I have always understood reunión to mean a "get together".

Like a party, almost. A few friends getting together after work or for a meal would definitely be a "reunión".

Don't confuse it with the English word reunion. They're not quite the same.

Answer 6

Reunion in English would be synonymous with one context of reunión.

reunión.

1. f. Acción y efecto de reunir.

2. f. Conjunto de personas reunidas.

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Both are reunitings like family reunions or class reunions that reoccur periodically.

Reunión, however, can simply refer to a meeting as Jeezle mentions which would not necessarily be synonymous with English reunions. That context of reunión does not signify a reuniting unless you are discussing weekly, monthly, yearly, etc. meetings.

And cita may be synonymous with reunión for meetings, but certainly does not imply regularly, periodic meetings. Neither would "junta"', in all contexts.

My only point is that the Spanish words can mean reunion as in English, but in Spanish they also can have a larger nuance than re-unitings.

Answer 7

Or, La quedada: get-together.

Vamos a organizar una quedada el fin de semana: We going to organize a get-together this week-end.

I had never heard this word before :) - Benz, JUL 10, 2010