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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 № 127 Ladino
Si de tu novya izites tu mujer, aze tambien te tu mujer tu novya

If you made your bride your wife, make your wife your bride too.

46 Nov 2026
Refrán № 128 Ladino
Si el emprestimo era bueno, el rey emprestava a su mujer

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

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 129 Ladino
Si keres ser buena esfuegra i por tu ermuera alavada, ten la bolsa bien avierta i la boka bien serrada

If you want to be a good mother-in-law, praised by your daughter-in-law, keep your purse wide open and your mouth tightly shut.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 130 Ladino
Si mi padre no me kaza le komo la kaza

If my father doesn't marry me off, I'll eat up the house.

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 131 Ladino
Si no ay kalor en el nido lo bushka afuera el marido

If there is no warmth in the nest, the husband looks for it outside.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 132 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son uno

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 133 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son unos

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 134 Ladino
Tu kara i mi kulo son primos ermanos

Your face and my backside are first cousins.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 135 Ladino
Tu marido ke te kera komo la sal

A husband who loves you like salt (dearly, as something essential). (uncertain)

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 136 Ladino
Una madre i una manta tapan munchas faltas

A mother and a blanket cover many faults.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 137 Ladino
Yerno komo el sol de invierno

A son-in-law is like the winter sun.

57 Nov 2026
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