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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 9
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.
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Refrán № 289 Ladino
Ermuera dolor de muela

A daughter-in-law is a toothache.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 290 Ladino
Lo ke das tomas

What you give, you take.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 291 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 № 292 Ladino
Kunyadika Kulevrika

Little sister-in-law, little snake.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 293 Ladino
Padre guadrador el ijo es gastador

A saving father, a spendthrift son.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 294 Ladino
No se inche ni una kashkara de alviana

Not even a pea pod gets filled.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 295 Ladino
Ni del miel ni del puncho

Neither the honey nor the sting.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 296 Ladino
Ken aspera kome la pera

Whoever waits eats the pear.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 297 Ladino
Kon una dada no se parte un lenyo

A log is not split with one blow.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 298 Ladino
La alma desea lo ke ve el ojo

The soul desires what the eye sees.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 299 Ladino
Ken azno nase azno muere

Whoever is born a donkey dies a donkey.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 300 Ladino
Tu pan no me arto, tu palavra me kontento

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

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 301 Ladino
Lo izo el echo komo su kara

He did the deed just like his face.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 302 Ladino
A la boka serrada no entra moshka

No fly enters a closed mouth.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 303 Ladino
La buena mansana se la kome el guzano

The worm eats the good apple.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 304 Ladino
Mijor ser solo ke mal akompanyado

Better to be alone than in bad company.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 305 Ladino
Tu marido ke te kera komo la sal

A husband who loves you like salt (dearly, as something essential). (uncertain)

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 306 Ladino
La mujer i el vino kitan al ombre del tino

Woman and wine make a man lose his senses.

79 Nov 2026
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