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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
A la mujer paridera del aver se le apega

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

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 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.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
Al marido komo lo auzates al ijo komo lo kriates

You get the husband as you accustom him, the son as you raise him.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 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.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
Ande ay ija de kazar el Dio deve ayudar

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

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
Ande no ay Madre no ay ni Padre

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

78 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
Ay kayades, ija va naser

Be quiet, a daughter is about to be born. (uncertain)

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
Azlaha i beraha en el pecho del papa

Success and blessing on the father's chest (Ladino blessing: luck and blessing upon the father).

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
Barre la ermuera komo ve la esfuegra

The daughter-in-law sweeps as the mother-in-law sees fit.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
Bien ke no se vendio en su tiempo, te vende a ti

Even though he didn't sell out in his own time, he will sell you out. (uncertain)

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Como el vino son los amores, cuanto mas viejos son mas mijores

Love is like wine: the older, the better.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 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 № 13 Ladino
De la mujer i del vizino nada no keda guadrado

From a wife and a neighbor, nothing stays hidden.

49 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 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 № 15 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.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
Detras de kada ombre ke reushe ay una mujer

Behind every successful man there is a woman.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 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
Refrán № 18 Ladino
El Dio ke guadre de marido eskaso

May God protect us from a stingy husband.

52 Nov 2026
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