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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
La vida es un biskocho, ken la kome krudo ken kocho

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

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 218 Ladino
El ke save mentiras kontar, al gameo lo aze bolar

He who knows how to tell lies can make a camel fly.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 219 Ladino
El ke se aharva kon sus manos no yora

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

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 220 Ladino
El ke dize la verdad piedre la amistad

He who tells the truth loses friendship.

67 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
Yaves viejas no avren puertas muevas

Old keys do not open new doors.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 223 Ladino
Ni la esfuegra se aze madre ni la ermuera se aze ija

A mother-in-law doesn't become a mother, nor a daughter-in-law a daughter.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 224 Ladino
Ken mira a la djente no bive kontente

He who looks at other people does not live content.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 225 Ladino
Ijo fuites padre seras,lo ke izites te azeran

You were a son, you will be a father; what you did, will be done to you.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 226 Ladino
Tengo tres deseos, Komer sin engodrar, Amar sin sufrir i Ganar sin lavorar

I have three wishes: to eat without getting fat, to love without suffering, and to earn without working.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 227 Ladino
La madre mokoza alava a su ija la tinyoza

The snotty mother praises her scabby daughter.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 228 Ladino
Aharva el kulo ke no pedo

Beat the backside so that it won't fart.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 229 Ladino
Ken tiene ijos de kazar i en Shabat deve de lavorar

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

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 230 Ladino
De dizir fuego no se kema la boka

Saying "fire" doesn't burn the mouth.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 231 Ladino
Lo ke das tomas

What you give, you take.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 232 Ladino
Sin penar no ay ganar

Without toil there is no gain.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 233 Ladino
La sangre no se aze agua

Blood does not turn into water.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 234 Ladino
En la kayida de tu enemigo no te alegres, ke te viene a la kavesa

D'ont be happy with the fall of your enemy,the same could happen to you.

66 Nov 2026
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