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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
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 № 01 Ladino
Agua arovada es mas dulse

Stolen water is sweeter.

51 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 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?"

51 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
Ay unos ke molinan kafe i ay otroz ke molinan agua

There are those who grind coffee and those who grind water.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
Como el vino son los amores, cuanto mas viejos son mas mijores

Love is like wine: the older, the better.

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 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 № 06 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 № 07 Ladino
El pan de la vizina es una milizina

The neighbor's bread is a medicine.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
El pan tugerto la lumbre lo enderecha

The fire straightens crooked bread.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
El selo no kome el korason, kome los guesos

Jealousy does not eat the heart; it eats the bones.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
En frente de mi vino no vendas vinagre

In front of my wine, don't sell vinegar.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Este kezo para este pan

This cheese for this bread.

49 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
Este mundo es golondrino ken lo beve de agua i ken lo beve de vino

This world is a fleeting swallow: some drink it with water, some with wine.

61 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 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 № 14 Ladino
Fruta de oy, pan de ayer, karne de antiyer, vino de un anyo antes, azen el ombre sano

Today's fruit, yesterday's bread, the day-before-yesterday's meat and last year's wine make a man healthy.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
La agua pasa, el lodo keda

The water goes but the mud stays

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 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 № 17 Ladino
La mujer i el vino kitan al ombre del tino

Woman and wine make a man lose his senses.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
La sangre no se aze agua

Blood does not turn into water.

54 Nov 2026
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