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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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Refrán № 01 Ladino
Dos gayos en una kaza no kaven

Two roosters don't fit in one house.

94 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
En kada kaza i en kada kashon ay un dolor de korason

In every house and in every drawer there is a heartache.

92 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
El lugar del ombre es la plasa i de la mujer es la kaza

A man's place is the square (marketplace) and a woman's place is the home.

79 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
Tanto grita el ladron ke se espanta el patron

The thief shouts so loudly that the owner gets frightened.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
La mujer buena la kaza yena

A good woman fills the house.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
Ken mete kara toma marido i kaza, ken no, keda en kaza

Whoever dares gets a husband and a home; whoever doesn't, stays at home (fortune favors the bold).

72 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
La kaza no save ni riko ni prove

The house knows neither rich nor poor.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
El Dio ke moz guadre de kaza i de dorama

May God protect us from the house and from the "dorama". (uncertain)

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
Ken se kaza kon amor bive kon dolor

He who marries for love lives with pain.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
Kuento de kaza no sale a la plasa

Household matters don't go out to the square (don't air your dirty laundry).

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Kazala a tu ija komo puedes, a tu ijo komo keres

Marry off your daughter as you can, your son as you wish.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
Madre Nikochera le sale ija haragana

A housekeeping mother gets a lazy daughter.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
Ken se kaza i fragua El Dio lo apiyada

God takes pity on whoever marries and builds.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 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.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
Kaza mueva vida mueva

New house, new life.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
La kaza es un pozo ke no decha repozo

The house is a well that gives no rest.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
Kuento de kaza no sale a la plaza

A story of the house does not go out to the square.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
La ropa suzya se lava en kaza

Dirty laundry is washed at home.

55 Nov 2026
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