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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 № 127 Ladino
Ni novya sin velo ni mujer sin selo

Neither a bride without a veil nor a wife without jealousy.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 128 Ladino
La mujer no es kamiza ke se troka

A woman is not a shirt to be changed.

71 Nov 2026
Refrán № 129 Ladino
Mala la madre, mala la ija, mala la kolcha ke las kuvija

Bad the mother, bad the daughter, bad the quilt that covers them.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 130 Ladino
De tal palo tala estiya, de tal padre tal ijo

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

78 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 131 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son uno

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 132 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 № 133 Ladino
Ande no ay Madre no ay ni Padre

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

82 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 134 Ladino
No lo yames yerno fista ke tenga el aniyo en el dedo

Do not call him a son in law till he has the ring on his finger.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 135 Ladino
Ni bivda sin dolor, ni ija sin amor

Neither a widow without pain nor a girl without love.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 136 Ladino
La mujer aze, La mujer dezaze

A woman makes, a woman destroys.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 137 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

95 4 Nov 2026
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