customers
The Spanish word 'mecenas' is not correctly translated as 'customers' in English. Instead, 'mecenas' relates to a person who supports and funds artists, equivalent to the English term 'patron'. A more appropriate Spanish term for 'customers' would be 'clientes'.
My uncle is a patron for many local artists.
In this sentence, 'mecenas' is used to refer to a person who supports, encourages, and funds artists. In this case, it's the speaker's uncle.
The orchestra's patron secured the financial future of the band.
This sentence uses 'mecenas' to refer to a person who has secured the future of a group through their financial support. Here, the patron is supporting an orchestra.
We are in search of a patron who can help with our movie project.
In this phrase, 'mecenas' is used in the context of looking for someone who can provide financial support for a specific project, in this instance, a movie project.