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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 № 253 Ladino
Oygan tus oyidos lo ke dize tu boka

May your ears hear what your mouth says.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 254 Ladino
El ganar i el peryer son ermanos

Winning and losing are brothers.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 255 Ladino
Kuando da el padre al ijo riye el padre riye el ijo, Kuando da el ijo al padre yora el padre i yora el ijo

When the father gives to the son, the father laughs and the son laughs; when the son gives to the father, the father cries and the son cries.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 256 Ladino
El ke bien te kere, en la kara te lo dize

Whoever loves you well,tells it to your face.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 257 Ladino
Ni novya sin sejas ni boda sin keshas

Neither a bride without eyebrows nor a wedding without complaints.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 258 Ladino
Kunyadika Kulevrika

Little sister-in-law, little snake.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 259 Ladino
Kon una dada no se parte un lenyo

A log is not split with one blow.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 260 Ladino
Kon el chapeo ke tengo digo bonjour

With the hat I have, I say "bonjour".

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 261 Ladino
Kada uno es rey en su kaza

Everyone is king in his own home.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 262 Ladino
El diamante briya ma fin al kavo es piedra

The diamond shines, but in the end it is a stone.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 263 Ladino
Lo izo el echo komo su kara

He did the deed just like his face.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 264 Ladino
Para el bien se kere sensya i para el mal pasensya

For doing good you need knowledge, and for enduring bad you need patience.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 265 Ladino
El selo no kome el korason, kome los guesos

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

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 266 Ladino
La buena mansana se la kome el guzano

The worm eats the good apple.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 267 Ladino
Ken aze paz entre marido i mujer merese Ganeden

Whoever makes peace between husband and wife deserves Paradise.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 268 Ladino
No ay en el mundo amiga komo la madre

There is no friend in the world like a mother.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 269 Ladino
Ken mokos manda,bavas resive

Whoever sends snot receives drool (you get back what you give).

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 270 Ladino
Si mi padre no me kaza le komo la kaza

If my father doesn't marry me off, I'll eat up the house.

79 Nov 2026
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