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procuró a los tejedores fuera de

English translation: Provided the means to fulfill the needs of the weavers outside the workshop

16:13 Nov 7, 2009

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Spanish term or phrase: procuró a los tejedores fuera de

fyi The obraje is a large weaving workshop, usually at a hacienda. Does this mean that he hired them away from the obrajes, or that he got weavers who were not in obrajes?

En 1732 llegaría Manuel Tomás de la Canal y Bueno de Baeza, un criollo adinerado, quien no sólo gastó en mejorar la villa sino que favorecía con sus avíos a los tejedores, otorgándoles suficiente lana entre trasquilas, les fiaba algodón y otras materias primas sin cobrar intereses. Es decir, ***procuró a los tejedores fuera de*** los obrajes, quizás los de trapiches y telares sueltos.

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English translation:Provided the means to fulfill the needs of the weavers outside the workshop

Explanation:
Procurar significa ocuparse de x, atender las necesiddes de x (favorecía con sus avíos a los tejedores, otorgándoles suficiente lana entre trasquilas, les fiaba algodón y otras materias primas sin cobrar intereses). En términos contemporáneos se podría decir que proporcionaba los medios para fomentar la pequeña empresa.

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Victoria Frazier
United States
Local time: 20:13

Grading comment

I wish I could split the pts between you and Monique, but I'm giving them to you for your explanation of "procurar". Thank you for your help!
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Summary of answers provided

Provided the means to fulfill the needs of the weavers outside the workshop

Victoria Frazier

obtained the weavers outside the

Jenniferts

he looked after the weavers outside the workshop

Monique Rojkind

Answers

9 mins confidence:

he looked after the weavers outside the workshop

Explanation:
I think the meaning is that he looked after the weavers outside of the workshop by providing materials on loan without charging interests, etc.

Monique Rojkind
Mexico
Local time: 20:13
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

Provided the means to fulfill the needs of the weavers outside the workshop

Victoria Frazier
United States
Local time: 20:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 32

Grading comment

I wish I could split the pts between you and Monique, but I'm giving them to you for your explanation of "procurar". Thank you for your help!

1 day3 hrs confidence:

obtained the weavers outside the

Explanation:
My impression is that he looked for/obtained the weavers outside the weaving workshop/textile plant, preferring to find his workers at mills or “individual textile producers”/“independent looms” (not sure how I would translate “telares sueltos”).

http://www.merriam-webster.com/spanish/procurar
1 intentar : to try, to endeavor
2 conseguir : to obtain, to procure
3 procurar hacer : to manage to do

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=952677
procurer = supply with/obtain

http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/obraje
obraje sm
1 (Cono Sur) (=aserradero) sawmill, timberyard
2 (Méx) (=carnicería) pork butcher's, pork butcher's shop
3 (Andes) (=fábrica textil) textile plant

Jenniferts
Ecuador
Local time: 21:13
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8