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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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36 proverbs · Love

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Refrán № 01 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.

57 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
Ni mierkoles sin sol, ni ija sin amor

No Wednesday without sun, no daughter without love.

71 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
Ni la novya ni la tela no se miran a la kandela

You don't look at a bride nor at a lace in a candlelight.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
El ke bien te kere te aze yorar

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

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
Ni novya sin velo ni mujer sin selo

Neither a bride without a veil nor a wife without jealousy.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
Madre miya mi kerida, para ke me parites

My dear mother, why did you give birth to me?

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
Ken se kaza kon amor bive kon dolor

He who marries for love lives with pain.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
Ni bivda sin dolor, ni ija sin amor

Neither a widow without pain nor a girl without love.

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 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 № 10 Ladino
Tengo tres deseos, Komer sin engodrar, Amar sin sufrir i Ganar sin lavorar

I have three wishes: to eat without getting fat, to love without suffering, and to earn without working.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Ermuera dolor de muela

A daughter-in-law is a toothache.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
Ande ay amor ay dolor

Where there's love there's pain.

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

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

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 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 № 15 Ladino
Mijor kazar kon una prove ke pelear kon una rika

Better to marry a poor woman than to fight with a rich one.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 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 № 17 Ladino
Ken tiene ijos de kazar i en Shabat deve de lavorar

Whoever has children to marry off must work even on Shabbat.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Ni novya sin sejas ni boda sin keshas

Neither a bride without eyebrows nor a wedding without complaints.

57 Nov 2026
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