meetup
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Deverbal from meet up.
Noun
meetup (plural meetups)
- An arranged informal meeting.
- We had our meetup in the local library, because of its central location.
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English meetup.
Noun
meetup m (plural meetups)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.