La reunión comienza a las cuatro.

the meeting

Breakdown of La reunión comienza a las cuatro.

• comenzar: to begin
• las cuatro: the four

Questions & Answers about La reunión comienza a las cuatro.

Why is it la reunión and not el reunión?

In Spanish, every noun has a grammatical gender, masculine or feminine.
Reunión is a feminine noun, so it always uses the feminine article la (singular) or las (plural):

• la reunión = the meeting
• las reuniones = the meetings

You cannot say el reunión; that would be grammatically incorrect.
This gender is arbitrary; you just have to learn that reunión is feminine.

Is reunión a false friend of English reunion?

Yes, it can be.

• Reunión usually means meeting (business meeting, work meeting, gathering).
  • La reunión comienza a las cuatro. = The meeting starts at four.
• English reunion usually means reencuentro in Spanish (people meeting again after a long time).
  • class reunion = reencuentro de la generación or reunión de exalumnos

In practice, reunión in Spanish is much more general and is used for any kind of meeting (work, family, club, etc.), not just a “reunion” in the English sense.

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