contratar

to hire

¿Normalmente contrataba de este modo con el Sr. Ashbaugh?	Have you usually contracted in this manner with Mr. Ashbaugh?
En el año 1870 la planta contrataba a 800 empleados.	In 1870 the factory employed 800 employees.
O sea, nadie me contrataba sin antecedentes, ¿y con uno?	I mean, nobody would hire me without a record, but with one?
¡Yo creí que contrataba a un poeta y mirad!	I thought we had found a poet and seer!
Cuando quería ayuda técnica, contrataba hombres que se la proporcionaran.	When he wanted technical help, he hired men to do it for him.
Nadie te contrataba. Y eso querías, ¿no?	No studio would hire you, and that's what you wanted, wasn't it?
Pagaba a las personas que contrataba $1 dólar por comentario.	He would pay contractors $1 per successful comment.
A veces contrataba a los niños.	Sometimes he'd hire the boys for odd jobs.
Que si supiera cantar, me contrataba.	If I could sing, she'd hire me.
Cuando contrataba jornaleros, siempre los respetaba.	Even when he hired people as day workers, he respected them.
Me ofreció una remera gratis si contrataba una.	He was offering a free T-shirt if I signed up for one.
Tradicionalmente se contrataba a los funcionarios locales y externos con diferentes condiciones de servicio.	Historically, local and overseas officers were employed on different terms and conditions of service.
Ese no contrataba a cualquiera.	He didn't hire just anybody.
Nadie más la contrataba.	No one else wanted her.
Para eso las contrataba.	That's what they were hired for.
Incluso, se contrataba a las empresas de esas familias porque daban precios más bajos.	He even chose to award contracts to these companies because they offered the lowest prices.
Antes contrataba de 5 a 6 jornaleros para sembrar un acre de maíz en un día.	He used to hire 5-6 laborers to plant one acre of maize in one day.
Especificó que si no lo contrataba y le pagaba por no aparecer, tendría problemas.	Implied if I didn't hire him and pay him not to show up, I'd have trouble.
Fundada en 1835, preparaba a los profesores y contrataba eruditos búlgaros tan notables como Neofit Rilski.	Founded in 1835, it trained Bulgarian teachers and employed such notable Bulgarian scholars as Neofit Rilski.
Una persona lo suficientemente rica para tener cien ovejas seguramente contrataba a alguien para cuidarlas.	A person wealthy enough to own a hundred sheep will likely hire shepherds to watch them.