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Ladino proverbs

The proverbs of Ladino Forever: sayings from the Sephardic kitchen table, the wisdom of our grandmothers in Judeo-Spanish, each with its meaning in English and up to six more languages.

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Refrán del día · November 4
Ken oye a la djente se kita de la mujer Whoever listens to people ends up leaving his wife.
Refrán № 73 Ladino
Si no ay pasensya no ay erensya

If there is no patience, there is no inheritance.

44 Nov 2026
Refrán № 74 Ladino
A karne dura diente agudo

Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth.

74 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 75 Ladino
El ganar i el pedrer son haverim

Gaining and losing are companions.

50 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 76 Ladino
La mujer buena la kaza yena

A good woman fills the house.

47 Nov 2026
Refrán № 77 Ladino
Detras de kada mujer komicha ay un ombre haragan i tembel ke la kita loka

Behind every nagging woman is a lazy, idle man who drives her crazy.

48 Nov 2026
Refrán № 78 Ladino
No ay ombre sin solombra

There is no man without a shadow (a flaw).

51 Nov 2026
Refrán № 79 Ladino
En kazal sin perros la djente kaminan sin palos

In a village without dogs, people walk without sticks.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 80 Ladino
Para dizir todo a la kara, se kere boka emprestada

To say everything to someone's face, you need a borrowed mouth.

42 Nov 2026
Refrán № 81 Ladino
Ken oye a la djente se kita de la mujer

Whoever listens to people ends up leaving his wife.

36 Nov 2026
Refrán № 82 Ladino
Mas vale la piedra del amigo ke de la mansana del enemigo

A stone from a friend is better than an apple from an enemy.

37 Nov 2026
Refrán № 83 Ladino
La mujer baylando el marido yorando

The wife dances while the husband cries.

40 Nov 2026
Refrán № 84 Ladino
La mujer destruyedera vazya del marido la aldikera

A wasteful wife empties her husband's pocket.

24 Nov 2026
Refrán № 85 Ladino
Kresen los ijos, pujan las ansias

As the children grow, the worries grow.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 86 Ladino
Kada uno es rey en su kaza

Everyone is king in his own home.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 87 Ladino
Si de tu novya izites tu mujer, aze tambien te tu mujer tu novya

If you made your bride your wife, make your wife your bride too.

25 Nov 2026
Refrán № 88 Ladino
El pan tugerto la lumbre lo enderecha

The fire straightens crooked bread.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 89 Ladino
Marido en kaza dolor de keshada

A husband at home is a pain in the jaw.

21 Nov 2026
Refrán № 90 Ladino
El ke no oye a su mujerika se trava la orejika

He who doesn't listen to his dear wife gets his little ear pulled.

38 Nov 2026
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