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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
Asukar en la boka no ayuda si tu korason es amargo Sugar in the mouth does not help if your heart is bitter.
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Refrán № 19 Ladino
El ke emprestado viste, en medyo de la kaleja lo disvisten

He who wears borrowed clothes gets undressed in the middle of the street.

82 Nov 2026
Refrán № 20 Ladino
Akel se yama alegre i kontente, el ke tiene plazer del prospero del d’enfrente

Don't look at his face,look at his grace.

81 3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 21 Ladino
La agua pasa, el lodo keda

The water goes but the mud stays

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 22 Ladino
El lugar del ombre es la plasa i de la mujer es la kaza

A man's place is the square (marketplace) and a woman's place is the home.

79 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 23 Ladino
No ay ombre sin solombra

There is no man without a shadow (a flaw).

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 24 Ladino
Arvole tuerto no se enderecha

A crooked tree does not straighten.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 25 Ladino
Maldision sin razon torna a su patron

A curse without cause returns to its owner.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 26 Ladino
Aze bien, no mires a ken

Do good, don't look at whom.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 27 Ladino
Si no ay pasensya no ay erensya

If there is no patience, there is no inheritance.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 28 Ladino
Detras de kada mujer komicha ay un ombre haragan i tembel ke la kita loka

Behind every nagging woman is a lazy, idle man who drives her crazy.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 29 Ladino
Mijor es tomar ombre sin paras, ke paras sin ombre

Better to marry a man without money than money without a man.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 30 Ladino
Mal yevando bien esperando

Enduring the bad, hoping for the good.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 31 Ladino
Las ideas son komo pulgas, saltan de uno al otro ma no pikan a todos

Ideas are like fleas: they jump from one person to another, but they don't bite everyone.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 32 Ladino
Es mijor un pasharo en la mano ke sien bolando

A bird in the hand is better than a hundred flying.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 33 Ladino
La mujer es komo la uva, kuando se aruga se aze mas dulse i mas savroza

A woman is like a grape: when she wrinkles, she becomes sweeter and tastier.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 34 Ladino
El ganar i el pedrer son haverim

Gaining and losing are companions.

75 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 35 Ladino
Mas vale la piedra del amigo ke de la mansana del enemigo

A stone from a friend is better than an apple from an enemy.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 36 Ladino
Ombre muerto no aze gerra

A dead man makes no war.

75 Nov 2026
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