Does "reunión" mean "appointment" or not?
Rosetta Stone keeps translating "reunión" as "appointment" and it´s driving me a little crazy (It´s not providing me with context either, just a couple people talking over the phone in the photos).
All the dictionaries I´ve looked at omit "appointment" as a translation for "reunión". Instead, they list words such as "meeting", "reunion", and "assembly". The word I understand to mean "appointment" is "cita".
I realize that a word like "meeting" can be closely related to a word like "appointment", but I see them as quite distinct. I believe that the word "meeting" implies a certain in-depth and bi-directional exchange, whereas the word "appointment" does not.
So, for example, both the words "appointment" and "meeting" would be appropriate to describe a preset time in which I am going to the bank to discuss my loan application with the loan officer. But, only "appointment" applies to a preset time I´ve made to get my oil changed. I would not call the local oil-change place (e.g. "Jiffy Lube") and say, "I want to schedule a meeting". They´d probably get the manager, assuming I was a vender or someone making a complaint. But, I could call and simply say, "I want to schedule an appointment" and they would immediately know what I wanted (ditto for my dentist, doctor, stylist, etc...).
Please help me.
2 Answers
Reunión or junta mean meeting. An appointment is una cita (para una reunión) for a meeting.
Appointment/tryst/meeting
I would not translate reunión as a tryst, right?
