use of the word meet-up

Question

meet·up ? [meet-uhp] noun a meeting, especially a regular meeting of people who share a particular interest and have connected with each other through a social-networking Web site: a meetup for new moms in the neighborhood; a meetup to plan the trip.

i have seen the words reunion--cita- quedada- meetup--encuentro used in phrases to express this word anyone have any imput or other words they can offer to assist--

eg our next spanish meet-up is on thursday of this week

gracias

The English sounds horrible. - 0074b507, Oct 3, 2011

I live in the capital district of new york state and belong to a capitol district Spanish meetup group --- type in( find a meetup group) into your browser and yu might be shocked at the numbers of what you will find all across America -- everything from - paultousignant, Oct 3, 2011

Answer 1

"Encuentro" and "reunión" are both just fine. (I live in the US, and although "a meet-up" is perfectly clear, I have never heard it used. In the community as well as in the broader media, the word you hear is simply "a meeting.") Perhaps "meet-up" is more widely used in the UK ?

I live in the capital district of new york state and belong to a capitol district Spanish meetup group --- type in( find a meetup group) into your browser and yu might be shocked at the numbers of what you will find all across America -- everything from - paultousignant, Oct 3, 2011

Answer 2

I would suggest reunión or encuentro