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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 № 379 Ladino
Lo ke es la reyna para el rey, es la mujer para el marido

What the queen is to the king, the wife is to the husband.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 380 Ladino
Lo ke izites kon tus padres de tus ijos esperes

What you did to your parents, expect from your children.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 381 Ladino
Lo ke no te agrada no lo agas al denfrente

Don't do to the one in front of you what you don't like yourself.

92 Nov 2026
Refrán № 382 Ladino
Lo ke no te agredese no lo agas al denfrente

Do not do to another's face what does not please you.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 383 Ladino
Lo ke te aze tu mano no te lo aze ni tu ermano

What your own hand does for you, not even your brother will do for you.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 384 Ladino
Lo ke ven los ojos, no se olvida el korason

What the eyes see, the heart does not forget.

94 Nov 2026
Refrán № 385 Ladino
Lo mio es tuyo i lo tuyo es mio

What is mine is yours and what is yours is mine.

96 Nov 2026
Refrán № 386 Ladino
Los amigos se konosen kuando se aparese la difikultad

Friends are known when difficulty appears.

89 Nov 2026
Refrán № 387 Ladino
Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas

The years I have lived, I will not live again.

528 3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 388 Ladino
Los ermanos se konosen kuando se reparta la erensya

Brothers get to know each other when the inheritance is divided.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 389 Ladino
Los ijos se konosen kuando los paryentes se envejesen

Children are known when their parents grow old.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 390 Ladino
Los kazados se konosen en el divorsyo

Married couples get to know each other in divorce.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 391 Ladino
Los ke kaminan en el kamino derecho kaminan en el kamino estrecho

Those who walk the straight path walk the narrow path.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 392 Ladino
Los ke kaminan en el kamino derecho,tienen ke kaminar kamino estrecho

Those who walk the straight path have to walk a narrow road.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 393 Ladino
Los lokos i los ninyos dizen la verdad

Fools and children tell the truth.

94 Nov 2026
Refrán № 394 Ladino
Los vizinos son mas ke parientes i mas ke primos

Neighbors are more than relatives and more than cousins.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 395 Ladino
Luz de la kaye oskuridad de la kaza

Light in the street, darkness in the house.

71 Nov 2026
Refrán № 396 Ladino
Madrasta el nombre ya abasta

For a stepmother, the name alone is enough.

87 Nov 2026
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