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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 8
El mal i el bien en la kara se ven Good and evil show on the face.
Family 137

137 proverbs · Family

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Refrán № 01 Ladino
Las ovras son kerensyas

Deeds are beliefs (actions show what one truly believes).

41 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
Ijo fuites padre seras,lo ke izites te azeran

You were a son, you will be a father; what you did, will be done to you.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
Ni la esfuegra se aze madre ni la ermuera se aze ija

A mother-in-law doesn't become a mother, nor a daughter-in-law a daughter.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
Helal ke te se aga komo la leche de tu madre

May it be blessed/do you good, like your mother's milk.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
El ermano kere la ermana i el marido mujer sana

The brother wants his sister (well), and the husband wants a healthy wife.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
Fidel marido es bien rekerido

A faithful husband is highly sought after.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
Si mi padre no me kaza le komo la kaza

If my father doesn't marry me off, I'll eat up the house.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
Mujer ke save Latin,no tiene ni marido ni buena fin

A woman who knows Latin has neither a husband nor a good end.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
El konsejo de la mujer es poko,ken no lo toma es loko

A woman's advice is little; whoever doesn't take it is a fool.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
A la mujer paridera del aver se le apega

Wealth/good fortune sticks to a woman who bears many children.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Abasha eskalon toma mujer,suve eskalon toma haver

Step down a rung to take a wife, step up a rung to take a friend/partner.

71 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
Una madre i una manta tapan munchas faltas

A mother and a blanket cover many faults.

71 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
Kuando da el padre al ijo riye el padre riye el ijo, Kuando da el ijo al padre yora el padre i yora el ijo

When the father gives to the son, the father laughs and the son laughs; when the son gives to the father, the father cries and the son cries.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
Ermuera dolor de muela

A daughter-in-law is a toothache.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
La verdad es el ijo del Dio, la mentira es ija del diavlo

Truth is the son of God; the lie is the daughter of the devil.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
Yerno komo el sol de invierno

A son-in-law is like the winter sun.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
Marido es dolor de oyido

A husband is an earache.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Madre Nikochera le sale ija haragana

A housekeeping mother gets a lazy daughter.

64 Nov 2026
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