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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 № 343 Ladino
El padre kon el ijo komo piedra en aniyo

Father and son are like a stone in a ring.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 344 Ladino
Ken kere muncho pedre i lo poko

He who wants too much loses even the little.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 345 Ladino
Ni Mierkoles sin sol, ni ija sin amor, ni bivda sin dolor

Neither a Wednesday without sun, nor a daughter without love, nor a widow without pain.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 346 Ladino
El ke se aravya doz penas toma, Una de aravyar y otra de azer paz

He who gets angry takes on two troubles: one for getting angry and another for making peace.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 347 Ladino
El ke tiene moneda i no la goza, al otro mundo no arepoza

He who has money and does not enjoy it will not rest in the other world.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 348 Ladino
El ke entra al banyo sin sudar no sale

Whoever enters the bathhouse does not leave without sweating.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 349 Ladino
Yerno komo el sol de invierno

A son-in-law is like the winter sun.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 350 Ladino
La gana ke tengo de baylar, tienes tu de lavorar

The desire I have to dance, you should have to work.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 351 Ladino
Kon soplar no se amata el fuego

Blowing does not put out the fire.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 352 Ladino
El amor es temporario komo el ayre del enverano pasa i se va

Love is temporary, like the winter wind: it passes and goes.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 353 Ladino
El ke no tiene ke azer se toma kon su mujer

He who has nothing to do quarrels with his wife.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 354 Ladino
Kada gayo kanta en su gayinero

Every rooster crows in his own henhouse.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 355 Ladino
Amigos i ermanos seremos, ma las bolsas no tokaremos

Friends and brothers we will be, but we will not touch each other's purses.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 356 Ladino
Estomago ambierto no tiene orejas

A hungry stomach has no ears.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 357 Ladino
El tiempo vale mas ke la moneda

Time is worth more than money.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 358 Ladino
La butika aze kaza, la kaza no aze butika

The shop makes the house; the house does not make the shop.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 359 Ladino
La alma desea lo ke ve el ojo

The soul desires what the eye sees.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 360 Ladino
Los vizinos son mas ke parientes i mas ke primos

Neighbors are more than relatives and more than cousins.

77 Nov 2026
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