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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 № 73 Ladino
Oy friyo amanyana kalor, el ijo mos salyo buen hamor

Cold today, heat tomorrow; our son has turned out good-humored.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 74 Ladino
Kuando aharvan al ijo, a la madre le erguele

When the son is beaten, the mother is hurt.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 75 Ladino
El ke no tiene ke azer se toma kon su mujer

He who has nothing to do quarrels with his wife.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 76 Ladino
Kada gayo kanta en su gayinero

Every rooster crows in his own henhouse.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 77 Ladino
Amigos i ermanos seremos, ma las bolsas no tokaremos

Friends and brothers we will be, but we will not touch each other's purses.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 78 Ladino
No ay mijor madre de la ke te paryo

There is no better mother than the one who gave birth to you.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 79 Ladino
El padre kon el ijo komo piedra en aniyo

Father and son are like a stone in a ring.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 80 Ladino
Ijos de mis ijos dos vezes mis ijos

Children of my children are twice my children.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 81 Ladino
Ken ijo kriya, oro hila

Whoever raises a child spins gold.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 82 Ladino
Esfuegra ni de barrio buena

No mother-in-law is good, not even one from a good neighborhood.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 83 Ladino
Marido selozo no tiene repozo

A jealous husband has no rest.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 84 Ladino
La mujer es komo la uva, si la miraz bueno se aze vino i si no la miraz bueno se aze vinagre

A woman is like a grape: if you treat her well she becomes wine, and if you do not treat her well she becomes vinegar.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 85 Ladino
Kuando da el padre da al ijo, riye el padre riye el ijo i kuando da el ijo al padre yora el ijo yora el padre

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

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 86 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son unos

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 87 Ladino
Ande ay ija de kazar el Dio deve ayudar

Where there is a daughter to marry off, God must help.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 88 Ladino
Si el emprestimo era bueno, el rey emprestava a su mujer

If lending were good, the king would lend his wife.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 89 Ladino
El ijo de la gata ratones mata

The cat's son kills mice.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 90 Ladino
Ken no tiene ermana no tiene nada

Whoever has no sister has nothing.

59 Nov 2026
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