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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
Si tienes pan i lentejas deke te keshas

If you have bread and lentils, why do you complain?

0 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
Lo karo es barato

What is expensive is cheap (quality costs more but pays off).

21 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
Si tu enemigo es una urmiga, contalo como un gamello

Even if your enemy is but an ant, consider them a camel; do not underestimate them.

29 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
Ken kere a la rosa ke no mire al espino.

If you love a rose, you must ignore the thorns.

24 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
Ken tiene kolcha i no se kuvija, no es de agedear.

A person who has a quilt but won't use it deserves no pity.

20 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
Mas vale un asno ke me yeva, ke un kavayo ke me echa.

Better a donkey that carries me than a horse that throws me.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
Mas vale kayer en un rio furiente, ke en la boka de la dgente.

It is better to fall in a raging river than into gossiping mouths.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
No avles mal del dia asta ke no anochese.

Don't talk ill of the day as long as it doesn't get dark.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
Si mala es la kulpa, mas mala es la diskulpa.

If  the fault is bad, worse is the apology.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
El bostezo va de boka en boka, komo el vino de bota en bota.

Yawning goes from mouth to mouth, like wine from boot to boot.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Las ovras son kerensyas

Deeds are beliefs (actions show what one truly believes).

37 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
Gayo ke no kanta alguna koza le falta

A rooster that doesn't crow is missing something.

427 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
Ken rompe tu korason aze tambien limpieza en tu vida

Whoever breaks your heart also cleans up your life.

30 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
Kada gayna kanta en su gaynero

Every hen crows in her own henhouse.

70 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
Este mundo es golondrino ken lo beve de agua i ken lo beve de vino

This world is a fleeting swallow: some drink it with water, some with wine.

61 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
No veyas la kara,aryentro esta pudrido komo la mansana

Don't look at the face; inside it's rotten like the apple.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
Tu kara i mi kulo primos ermanos

Your face and my backside are first cousins.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Aze bien sin mirar a ken

Do good without looking at whom.

57 Nov 2026
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