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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 № 109 Ladino
El ke no tiene ke azer se toma kon su mujer

He who has nothing to do quarrels with his wife.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 110 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.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 111 Ladino
No ay amigo en el mundo mas ke la madre

There is no friend in the world but the mother.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 112 Ladino
Los ijos se konosen kuando los paryentes se envejesen

Children are known when their parents grow old.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 113 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 № 114 Ladino
El Dio ke guadre de marido eskaso

May God protect us from a stingy husband.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 115 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 № 116 Ladino
La mujer eskasa mete al marido por ekskuza

The stingy woman uses her husband as an excuse.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 117 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 № 118 Ladino
Kada gayo kanta en su gayinero

Every rooster crows in his own henhouse.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 119 Ladino
El ijo de la gata ratones mata

The cat's son kills mice.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 120 Ladino
Lo ke te aze tu mano no te lo aze ni tu ermano

What your own hand does for you, not even your brother will do for you.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 121 Ladino
Ijos de mis ijos dos vezes mis ijos

Children of my children are twice my children.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 122 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 № 123 Ladino
Oy friyo amanyana kalor, el ijo mos salyo buen hamor

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

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 124 Ladino
Los vizinos son mas ke parientes i mas ke primos

Neighbors are more than relatives and more than cousins.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 125 Ladino
Es bueno tomar bendisyon de padre i de madre

It is good to receive the blessing of father and mother.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 126 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
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