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Ladino proverbs

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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.
Love 36

36 proverbs · Love

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Refrán № 01 Ladino
Ande ay amor ay dolor

Where there's love there's pain.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
Ande ay ija de kazar el Dio deve ayudar

Where there is a daughter to marry off, God must help.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
Ande no ay amor, no ay dolor

Where there is no love, there is no pain.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
Antes de kazar la muchacha tiene siete brasos i una boka, despues de kazar tiene un braso i siete bokas

Before marriage a girl has seven arms and one mouth; after marriage she has one arm and seven mouths.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
Avaz sin aroz es komo boda sin tanyedor

Beans without rice are like a wedding without a musician.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
Barre la ermuera komo ve la esfuegra

The daughter-in-law sweeps as the mother-in-law sees fit.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
Como el vino son los amores, cuanto mas viejos son mas mijores

Love is like wine: the older, the better.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
El amor es dolor de kulo ke no desha durmir a dinguno

Love is a pain in the backside that lets no one sleep.

60 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
El amor es temporario komo el ayre del enverano pasa i se va

Love is temporary, like the winter wind: it passes and goes.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
El ke bien se kere en poko lugar kave

Those who love each other fit in a small place.

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
El ke bien te kere te aze yorar

He who loves you well makes you cry (tough love).

71 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
El ke no kere kazar demanda muncho ashugar

He who does not want to marry demands a big trousseau.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
El viejo kere honor, el mansevo kere amor

The old man wants honor, the young man wants love.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
Ermuera dolor de muela

A daughter-in-law is a toothache.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
Esfuegra i ermuera son amigas solo en pintura

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

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
Gaste de boda no se aze kada dia

Wedding expenses are not made every day.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
Ija de kazar fierro de mashkar

A daughter to marry off is iron to chew.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Kada dia no es boda

Every day is not a wedding.

55 Nov 2026
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