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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.
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137 proverbs · Family

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Refrán № 01 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

89 4 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
De boka a boka se va fin a Roma

From mouth to mouth, one gets all the way to Rome (by asking, you can find your way anywhere).

453 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save

A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know.

358 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
De tal palo tala estiya, de tal padre tal ijo

From such a tree, such a splinter; like father, like son.

72 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
El padre peka, al ijo se le apega

The father sins, and it sticks to the son.

109 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
El lugar del ombre es la plasa i de la mujer es la kaza

A man's place is the square (marketplace) and a woman's place is the home.

79 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
Ande no ay Madre no ay ni Padre

Where there is no mother, there is no father either.

76 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
El ganar i el pedrer son haverim

Gaining and losing are companions.

75 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
Ken mete kara toma marido i kaza, ken no, keda en kaza

Whoever dares gets a husband and a home; whoever doesn't, stays at home (fortune favors the bold).

74 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
Ken rey es, de la kara se le ve

Whoever is a king, it shows in his face.

60 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Las ovras son kerensyas

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

37 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
Las bokas de la djente no son ridomas ke las puedas tapar

People's mouths are not jars you can cover.

331 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 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.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
Las ideas son komo pulgas, saltan de uno al otro ma no pikan a todos

Ideas are like fleas: they jump from one person to another, but they don't bite everyone.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
La mujer es komo la uva, kuando se aruga se aze mas dulse i mas savroza

A woman is like a grape: when she wrinkles, she becomes sweeter and tastier.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
La mujer buena la kaza yena

A good woman fills the house.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
Ni mierkoles sin sol, ni ija sin amor

No Wednesday without sun, no daughter without love.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
El Dio aprova a los buenos a padre aresentado da ijo alokado

God tests the good: to a settled father he gives a crazy son.

73 Nov 2026
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