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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.
Friendship 16

16 proverbs · Friendship

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Refrán № 01 Ladino
Abasha eskalon toma mujer,suve eskalon toma haver

Step down a rung to take a wife, step up a rung to take a friend/partner.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
Al enemigo azelo amigo

Turn the enemy into a friend.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 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.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
Dime ken es tu amigo i te dire ken sos tu

Tell me who your friend is and I will tell you who you are.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
El amigo del buen tiempo se troka kon el tiempo

The fair-weather friend changes with the weather.

48 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
El Dio ke me guadre de mis amigos i yo de mis enemigos

May God protect me from my friends, and I from my enemies.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
El Dio me guadra de mis amigos i yo me guadro de mis enemigos

May God protect me from my friends, and I will protect myself from my enemies.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
Enemigo de mi enemigo es mi amigo

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
Enemigo meoyudo vale mas ke amigo bovo

A clever enemy is worth more than a foolish friend.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
Esfuegra i ermuera son amigas solo en pintura

Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are friends only in a painting.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Los amigos se konosen kuando se aparese la difikultad

Friends are known when difficulty appears.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
Mas vale la piedra del amigo ke de la mansana del enemigo

A stone from a friend is better than an apple from an enemy.

89 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
No ay amigo en el mundo mas ke la madre

There is no friend in the world but the mother.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
No ay en el mundo amiga komo la madre

There is no friend in the world like a mother.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
Si azes bueno, tu enemigo se aze tu amigo

If you do good, your enemy becomes your friend.

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
Un ombre sin amigo es komo la mano derecha sin la siedra

A man without a friend is like the right hand without the left.

77 Nov 2026
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