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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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Refrán № 235 Ladino
La buena mansana se la kome el guzano

The worm eats the good apple.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 236 Ladino
La estreya ke le briya

May his star shine (a blessing / wish for good luck).

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 237 Ladino
Ken mira a la djente no bive kontente

He who looks at other people does not live content.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 238 Ladino
Azno kayado por savyo kontado

A silent donkey is counted as wise.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 239 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.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 240 Ladino
Mas vale tadre ke nunka

Better late than never.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 241 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).

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 242 Ladino
De dizir fuego no se kema la boka

Saying "fire" doesn't burn the mouth.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 243 Ladino
Mas kome el ojo ke la boka

The eye eats more than the mouth.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 244 Ladino
Si el emprestimo era bueno, el rey emprestava a su mujer

If lending were good, the king would lend his wife.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 245 Ladino
Ken madruga desayuna

He who rises early has breakfast.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 246 Ladino
La vieja kere mas bivir para mas ver i mas oyir

The old woman wants to live longer to see more and hear more.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 247 Ladino
Sin penar no ay ganar

Without toil there is no gain.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 248 Ladino
El ke bien te kere, en la kara te lo dize

Whoever loves you well,tells it to your face.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 249 Ladino
Todo lo ke briya no es oro

All that glitters is not gold.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 250 Ladino
Madre Nikochera le sale ija haragana

A housekeeping mother gets a lazy daughter.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 251 Ladino
La vida es un biskocho, ken la kome krudo ken kocho

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

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 252 Ladino
En korason amargozo no entra ni riza ni gozo

Into a bitter heart enters neither laughter nor joy.

68 Nov 2026
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