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Ladino proverbs

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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 № 307 Ladino
Ermuera dolor de muela

A daughter-in-law is a toothache.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 308 Ladino
Lo ke das tomas

What you give, you take.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 309 Ladino
La sangre no se aze agua

Blood does not turn into water.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 310 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 № 311 Ladino
No save apartar la kalavasa de la berendjena

He cannot tell the squash from the eggplant.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 312 Ladino
Kon dizir fuego no se kema la boka

Saying "fire" does not burn the mouth.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 313 Ladino
No se inche ni una kashkara de alviana

Not even a pea pod gets filled.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 314 Ladino
Ni del miel ni del puncho

Neither the honey nor the sting.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 315 Ladino
Kon una dada no se parte un lenyo

A log is not split with one blow.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 316 Ladino
Kada uno save ande apreta el kalsado

Everyone knows where the shoe pinches.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 317 Ladino
Echa un gueso al perro ke no ladre

Throw a bone to the dog so that it does not bark.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 318 Ladino
La alma desea lo ke ve el ojo

The soul desires what the eye sees.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 319 Ladino
Los vizinos son mas ke parientes i mas ke primos

Neighbors are more than relatives and more than cousins.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 320 Ladino
Ay unos ke molinan kafe i ay otroz ke molinan agua

There are those who grind coffee and those who grind water.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 321 Ladino
La buena mansana se la kome el guzano

The worm eats the good apple.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 322 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 № 323 Ladino
La mujer i el vino kitan al ombre del tino

Woman and wine make a man lose his senses.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 324 Ladino
Ken mokos manda,bavas resive

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

79 Nov 2026
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