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Ladino proverbs

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Refrán del día · November 8
Asukar en la boka no ayuda si tu korason es amargo Sugar in the mouth does not help if your heart is bitter.
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33 proverbs · Food

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Refrán № 19 Ladino
Pan es pan, vino es vino, tu te fuites, vino otro vino

Bread is bread, wine is wine; you left, another came.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 20 Ladino
El pan de la vizina es una milizina

The neighbor's bread is a medicine.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 21 Ladino
Mas vale pan kon amor ke gayna kon dolor

Better bread with love than a hen with sorrow.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 22 Ladino
El diya ke no barri vino el kien no asperi

The day I did not sweep, the one I did not expect came.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 23 Ladino
La sangre no se aze agua

Blood does not turn into water.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 24 Ladino
La mujer es komo la uva, si la miraz bueno se aze vino i si no la miraz bueno se aze vinagre

A woman is like a grape: if you treat her well she becomes wine, and if you do not treat her well she becomes vinegar.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 25 Ladino
Etcha un pedaso de pan en la mar, algun dia lo toparas

Throw a piece of bread into the sea; someday you will find it.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 26 Ladino
Vestir al uzo, Komer al gusto

Dress according to custom, eat according to taste.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 27 Ladino
No eskupes al pozo ke bevites de su agua

Do not spit into the well from whose water you have drunk.

52 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 28 Ladino
Al riko, kon salud i kon vida. Al prove de ande te vino

To the rich man, "with health and life"; to the poor man, "where did it come to you from?"

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 29 Ladino
Agua arovada es mas dulse

Stolen water is sweeter.

51 Nov 2026
Refrán № 30 Ladino
Un pan en el sesto ni arto ni ambierto

One loaf in the basket: neither full nor hungry.

51 Nov 2026
Refrán № 31 Ladino
Este kezo para este pan

This cheese for this bread.

49 Nov 2026
Refrán № 32 Ladino
El bostezo va de boka en boka, komo el vino de bota en bota.

Yawning goes from mouth to mouth, like wine from boot to boot.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 33 Ladino
Si tienes pan i lentejas deke te keshas

If you have bread and lentils, why do you complain?

0 Nov 2026
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