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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
Kuando aharvan al ijo, a la madre le erguele

When the son is beaten, the mother is hurt.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 218 Ladino
En kada kaza i en kada kashon, ay una dolor de korason

In every house and in every drawer, there is a heartache.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 219 Ladino
Fue una topadura de kosfuegros

It was a meeting of in-laws.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 220 Ladino
La madre es el fondamiento del nido

The mother is the foundation of the nest.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 221 Ladino
El selo no kome el korason, kome los guesos

Jealousy does not eat the heart; it eats the bones.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 222 Ladino
Yerros de kazados ke no sepan vizindados

The faults of married couples should not be known to the neighbors.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 223 Ladino
Kuento de kaza no sale a la plasa

Household matters don't go out to the square (don't air your dirty laundry).

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 224 Ladino
Ken tiene marido de servir no puede muncho durmir

Whoever has a husband to serve cannot sleep much.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 225 Ladino
Ken mira a la djente no bive kontente

He who looks at other people does not live content.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 226 Ladino
La noche serra la puerta,demanyana la boka

Night closes the door, morning opens the mouth (at night people are quiet; in the morning, talk resumes).

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 227 Ladino
De dizir fuego no se kema la boka

Saying "fire" doesn't burn the mouth.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 228 Ladino
Oygan tus oyidos lo ke dize tu boka

May your ears hear what your mouth says.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 229 Ladino
Pasensya es pan i sensia

Patience is bread and knowledge.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 230 Ladino
Kualo vale la moneda kuando la persona no esta buena

What's money worth when a person isn't well.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 231 Ladino
La vida es un biskocho, ken la kome krudo ken kocho

Life is a biscuit: some eat it raw, some baked.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 232 Ladino
El ke se aharva kon sus manos no yora

He who hits himself with his own hands does not cry.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 233 Ladino
El ke dize la verdad piedre la amistad

He who tells the truth loses friendship.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 234 Ladino
Al marido komo lo auzates al ijo komo lo kriates

You get the husband as you accustom him, the son as you raise him.

79 Nov 2026
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