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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.
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52 proverbs · Money

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Refrán № 37 Ladino
Mas vale ser ijo de un prove, ke esklavo de un riko

Better to be the son of a poor man than the slave of a rich man.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 38 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.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 39 Ladino
Mijor es tomar ombre sin paras, ke paras sin ombre

Better to marry a man without money than money without a man.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 40 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 № 41 Ladino
Mirate, ke te mire El Dio

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

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 42 Ladino
Moneda se gana kon moneda

Money is earned with money.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 43 Ladino
Ni para en bolsa, ni dulsuria en boka

Neither money in the purse nor sweetness in the mouth.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 44 Ladino
No moz decho lados de riyir

He left us no room to laugh.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 45 Ladino
Para dizir todo a la kara, se kere boka emprestada

To say everything to someone's face, you need a borrowed mouth.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 46 Ladino
Para el bien se kere sensya i para el mal pasensya

For doing good you need knowledge, and for enduring bad you need patience.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 47 Ladino
Para ke se vaya al fregon, ke se vaya al garon

Rather than let it go to the pest, let it go to the lad/man.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 48 Ladino
Para tomar boka de oro, para pagar kanyo kon lodo

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

50 Nov 2026
Refrán № 49 Ladino
Soz riko soz mi tiyo

If you are rich, you are my uncle.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 50 Ladino
Todo lo ganado es para el garon

All the earnings is for the throat.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 51 Ladino
Todos los ombres adoran a un solo Dio, ma el ambisiozo de moneda, a dos

All men worship one God, but the one greedy for money worships two.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 52 Ladino
Todos los rios van al mar

All rivers go to the sea.

50 Nov 2026
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