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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 № 37 Ladino
Detras de kada ombre ke reushe ay una mujer

Behind every successful man there is a woman.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 38 Ladino
Ija de kazar fierro de mashkar

A daughter to marry off is iron to chew.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 39 Ladino
Marido haham i merkader, allegria de la mujer

A husband who is a hakham and a merchant is the joy of the wife.

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 40 Ladino
Ken no kere kosfuegrar demanda muncha dota i ashugar

He who does not want a father-in-law/in-laws demands a large dowry and trousseau.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 41 Ladino
Ken te amara mas ke tu mama, kon palavras te enganyara

Whoever loves you more than your mother will deceive you with words.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 42 Ladino
Ken aze paz entre marido i mujer merese Ganeden

Whoever makes peace between husband and wife deserves Paradise.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 43 Ladino
Lo ke aze gozar al marido es la buena vida ke le da la mujer

What makes a husband happy is the good life his wife gives him.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 44 Ladino
No ay en el mundo amiga komo la madre

There is no friend in the world like a mother.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 45 Ladino
El Dio ke guadre de marido eskaso

May God protect us from a stingy husband.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 46 Ladino
Lo ke es la reyna para el rey, es la mujer para el marido

What the queen is to the king, the wife is to the husband.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 47 Ladino
Ni la esfuegra puede ser madre ni la ermuera ija

A mother-in-law can't be a mother, nor a daughter-in-law a daughter.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 48 Ladino
La madre es el sol de la kaza

The mother is the sun of the home.

49 Nov 2026
Refrán № 49 Ladino
Pleto entre marido i mujer, la kolcha deve de venser

In a quarrel between husband and wife, the bedspread must win.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 50 Ladino
El ombre sembra, el ijo fragua i el inyeto se lo goza

The man sows, the son builds, and the grandson enjoys it.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 51 Ladino
Ken tiene marido de servir no puede muncho durmir

Whoever has a husband to serve cannot sleep much.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 52 Ladino
La aluenga de la mujer es su espada ke no desha farujentear

A woman's tongue is her sword, which does not let her rust.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 53 Ladino
La ija en la fasha, el ashugar en la kasha

The daughter in swaddling clothes, the trousseau in the chest.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 54 Ladino
La mujer eskasa mete al marido por ekskuza

The stingy woman uses her husband as an excuse.

54 Nov 2026
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