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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 № 253 Ladino
Lo ke das tomas

What you give, you take.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 254 Ladino
El ke muncho eskoje lo pudrido kome

He who is too picky eats the rotten.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 255 Ladino
Kunyadika Kulevrika

Little sister-in-law, little snake.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 256 Ladino
El novyo es muy ermozo, komo el gato enganyozo

The groom is very handsome, like the deceitful cat.

70 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 257 Ladino
Kada uno save ande apreta el kalsado

Everyone knows where the shoe pinches.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 258 Ladino
Tu pan no me arto, tu palavra me kontento

Your bread does not fill me; your word contents me.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 259 Ladino
A la boka serrada no entra moshka

No fly enters a closed mouth.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 260 Ladino
Ija de kazar fierro de mashkar

A daughter to marry off is iron to chew.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 261 Ladino
El selo no kome el korason, kome los guesos

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

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 262 Ladino
Kuento de kaza no sale a la plaza

A story of the house does not go out to the square.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 263 Ladino
La kaza es un pozo ke no decha repozo

The house is a well that gives no rest.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 264 Ladino
No ay en el mundo amiga komo la madre

There is no friend in the world like a mother.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 265 Ladino
Fruta de oy, pan de ayer, karne de antiyer, vino de un anyo antes, azen el ombre sano

Today's fruit, yesterday's bread, the day-before-yesterday's meat and last year's wine make a man healthy.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 266 Ladino
En frente de mi vino no vendas vinagre

In front of my wine, don't sell vinegar.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 267 Ladino
Esfuegra i ermuera son amigas solo en pintura

Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are friends only in a painting.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 268 Ladino
Shavdo en la meza Salado en la kavesa

Bland at the table, salty in the head.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 269 Ladino
Mas vale un azno ke me yeva, ke un kavayo ke me echa

Better a donkey that carries me than a horse that throws me.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 270 Ladino
No se si El Mashiah esta en el kamino,ma el azno suyo ya esta de kuando aki

I don't know if the Messiah is on the way, but his donkey has been here for a while.

69 Nov 2026
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