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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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Refrán № 217 Ladino
Ken perkura tiene ventura

Whoever strives has luck.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 218 Ladino
La madre es el fondamiento del nido

The mother is the foundation of the nest.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 219 Ladino
No te echez al pozo kon la kuedra de otroz - Kedaz en el pozo

Do not throw yourself into the well with another's rope, or you will stay in the well.

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 220 Ladino
El Dio ni durme ni adormese

God neither sleeps nor slumbers.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 221 Ladino
Los kazados se konosen en el divorsyo

Married couples get to know each other in divorce.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 222 Ladino
Los amigos se konosen kuando se aparese la difikultad

Friends are known when difficulty appears.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 223 Ladino
Los ijos se konosen kuando los paryentes se envejesen

Children are known when their parents grow old.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 224 Ladino
Los ermanos se konosen kuando se reparta la erensya

Brothers get to know each other when the inheritance is divided.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 225 Ladino
Aze palos para ke te aharven

You make sticks so that they beat you.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 226 Ladino
En vezes la kura es mas mala ke la hazinura

Sometimes the cure is worse than the illness.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 227 Ladino
Kada uno save ande apreta el kalsado

Everyone knows where the shoe pinches.

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 228 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.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 229 Ladino
El tiempo vale mas ke la moneda

Time is worth more than money.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 230 Ladino
Antes ke te kazes mira lo ke azes

Before you marry, look at what you are doing.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 231 Ladino
El tiempo kura todo

Time heals everything.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 232 Ladino
El sapatero no tiene sapatos

The cobbler has no shoes.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 233 Ladino
Echa un gueso al perro ke no ladre

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

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 234 Ladino
La butika aze kaza, la kaza no aze butika

The shop makes the house; the house does not make the shop.

61 Nov 2026
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