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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
El mal i el bien en la kara se ven Good and evil show on the face.
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52 proverbs · Money

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Refrán № 01 Ladino
Este kezo para este pan

This cheese for this bread.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
El ke tiene moneda i no la goza, al otro mundo no arepoza

He who has money and does not enjoy it will not rest in the other world.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
Mas vale tener onor en la plaza ke paras en la kasha

Better to have honor in the square than money in the chest.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
Echa un gueso al perro para ke no ladre

Throw a bone to the dog so that it does not bark.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
Mirate, ke te mire El Dio

Look at yourself, so that God may look at you.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
Soz riko soz mi tiyo

If you are rich, you are my uncle.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
Fin a ke le viene la gana del riko le sale la alma del prove

By the time the rich man's wish comes, the poor man's soul has left him.

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
Para tomar boka de oro, para pagar kanyo kon lodo

To take, a mouth of gold; to pay, a pipe full of mud.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
Bushka otro perro para este gueso

Look for another dog for this bone.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
Mijor kazar kon una prove ke pelear kon una rika

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

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Ni para en bolsa, ni dulsuria en boka

Neither money in the purse nor sweetness in the mouth.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
La vieja kere mas bivir para mas ver i mas oyir

The old woman wants to live longer to see more and hear more.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
Aharva el kulo ke no pedo

Beat the backside so that it won't fart.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
Ken tiene ijos de kazar i en Shabat deve de lavorar

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

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
Ken mira a la djente no bive kontente

He who looks at other people does not live content.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
La moneda tapa la korkova

Money covers the hump.

52 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.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Lo ke es la reyna para el rey, es la mujer para el marido

What the queen is to the king, the wife is to the husband.

55 Nov 2026
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