La reunión tiene lugar mañana.

Tiene lugar means takes place or happens.

So La reunión tiene lugar mañana means The meeting takes place tomorrow.

Even though tener usually means to have and lugar usually means place, together tener lugar is a set expression with the meaning to occur / to happen / to be held.

Yes. Tener lugar is a common fixed expression in Spanish.

You should learn it as a chunk:

• tener lugar = to take place
• La reunión tiene lugar mañana = The meeting takes place tomorrow

You usually do not translate it word by word in normal use. It functions like one verbal idea.

Because the sentence needs a conjugated verb, not the infinitive.

The subject is La reunión (the meeting), which is third-person singular, so tener becomes tiene:

• yo tengo
• tú tienes
• él/ella/usted tiene

Here, la reunión is grammatically like ella, so:

• La reunión tiene lugar mañana.

Because reunión is a noun, and in Spanish it is very common to use the definite article when talking about a specific event:

• la reunión = the meeting

If the meeting is already known from context, la is natural and expected.

Yes, reunión is feminine:

• la reunión
• una reunión

A lot of nouns ending in -ión are feminine in Spanish, for example:

• la nación
• la canción
• la conversación
• la reunión

This is a useful pattern, though of course vocabulary should still be learned noun by noun.

Because mañana is being used as an adverb of time, meaning tomorrow.

In Spanish, time words like this often do not need a preposition:

• Hoy = today
• Mañana = tomorrow
• Ayer = yesterday

So:

• La reunión tiene lugar mañana.

Not:

• La reunión tiene lugar en mañana. ❌

Yes. Mañana can mean either:

• tomorrow
• morning

Context tells you which one is meant.

In La reunión tiene lugar mañana, the natural meaning is tomorrow.

If you wanted to say in the morning, Spanish would usually say:

• por la mañana

For example:

• La reunión tiene lugar por la mañana. = The meeting takes place in the morning.

It is better for learners to avoid that.

Tomar lugar is sometimes heard, especially under English influence from take place, but tener lugar is the more standard and safer choice.

For natural Latin American Spanish, better options are:

• La reunión tiene lugar mañana.
• La reunión es mañana.
• La reunión se llevará a cabo mañana. (more formal)

Yes, but it sounds a bit formal or written.

In everyday speech, many people would more naturally say:

• La reunión es mañana. = The meeting is tomorrow.
• La reunión será mañana. = The meeting will be tomorrow.
• Mañana es la reunión. = The meeting is tomorrow.

Tiene lugar is perfectly correct, but it often feels more formal, organized, or official.

Spanish often uses the present tense for scheduled or planned future events, just like English does.

Compare:

• The meeting is tomorrow.
• La reunión es mañana.

Or:

• The meeting takes place tomorrow.
• La reunión tiene lugar mañana.

This is very normal when the future event is fixed or scheduled.

Yes. Spanish allows more flexibility than English.

You can say:

• La reunión tiene lugar mañana.
• Mañana tiene lugar la reunión.

Both are correct. The first is the most neutral. The second emphasizes mañana a little more.

Because the stress falls on the last syllable: reu-nión.

Without the accent, Spanish spelling rules would make you stress it differently. The written accent shows the correct pronunciation.

So it is:

• reunión ✅

not

• reunion ❌

Yes. Depending on style and formality, you could say:

• La reunión es mañana. — very common, everyday
• La reunión será mañana. — clear future
• La reunión tiene lugar mañana. — correct, somewhat formal
• La reunión se llevará a cabo mañana. — more formal/official
• La reunión se celebra mañana. — often used for events, somewhat formal

If you are speaking casually, La reunión es mañana is often the most natural choice.