"comodatarias"

Question

Can someone tell me what the word 'comodatarias' means? This is the sentence it was used in: 'Esta donacion es muy importante, ya que nuestra conferencia tiene 10 familias comodatarias....' Thank you.

Answer 1

I do not know if this applies to your question or not. But here in Baja California Sur there is an arrangement that is very common in which ten people, whether they are known to one another or not form a group to either borrow money or save money for a specific purchase.

Let's say you want to build a fence that will cost 30,000 pesos and you don't have 30,000 pesos. You join or form a group and each of the ten members puts in 3,000 pesos each month for ten months. Then there is a lottery in which one name is drawn each month and that person receives his/her 30,000 to complete the project. The next month each person again puts in 3,000 pesos and and another name is drawn. This continues until all ten have received their 30,000 pesos.

Since it may be hard to collect future payments from those whose names are drawn early these arrangements are usually managed by a mutual employer or the government. The City of La Paz does this for building materials, and in essence guarantees you against default by one of the other members of the group. Employers do the same by withholding from pay.

You have the idea, actorgirl had the words. :) - chileno, Nov 14, 2013

Answer 2

The translator says that it means borrower or pawnbroker. So I think the sentence is saying something like, the donation is very important and for our conference to have ten families borrow... Or something along those lines.

Good! - chileno, Nov 14, 2013