Quick answer
La reunión es a las diez en la sala grande.
The meeting is at ten in the big room. Note la reunión, not the false friend "meeting", and the accent on the final syllable.
The words
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| la oficina | the office |
| la reunión | the meeting |
| el despacho | the private office |
| el jefe | the boss |
| el compañero | the colleague |
| el correo | the email |
| el informe | the report |
| la agenda | the diary |
| el plazo | the deadline |
| la impresora | the printer |
| el ordenador | the computer |
| el acta | the minutes |
| el proyecto | the project |
| enviar | to send |
| convocar | to call a meeting |
The phrases you will actually say
Worth knowing
Spanish office hours are not the ones you expect. Many companies keep a long lunch break and finish around seven, though in July and August plenty switch to jornada intensiva, a straight shift ending in the early afternoon. Colleagues address each other as tú almost universally, including the boss; reserving usted for a manager sounds stiff and slightly cold. Two traps: la oficina is the workplace as a whole while el despacho is one person's room, and el acta is feminine despite taking el, because the article shifts before a stressed initial a, so you say las actas in the plural. Beware asistir, which means to attend, not to assist, and el ordenador, which is the Spanish word for computer while Latin America says la computadora.
Practice
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