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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
El buey tiene la aluenga larga, ma avlar no save

The ox has a long tongue, but does not know how to speak.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 380 Ladino
El ke entra al banyo sin sudar no sale

Whoever enters the bathhouse does not leave without sweating.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 381 Ladino
En la kayida de tu enemigo no te alegres, ke te viene a la kavesa

D'ont be happy with the fall of your enemy,the same could happen to you.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 382 Ladino
Mirate, ke te mire El Dio

Look at yourself, so that God may look at you.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 383 Ladino
Asukar en la boka no ayuda si tu korason es amargo

Sugar in the mouth does not help if your heart is bitter.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 384 Ladino
El ojo kome mas ke la boka

The eye eats more than the mouth.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 385 Ladino
Kon soplar no se amata el fuego

Blowing does not put out the fire.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 386 Ladino
El ke fuye de la luvia enkontra el pedrisko

He who flees from the rain meets the hail.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 387 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 № 388 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 № 389 Ladino
El melon i la mujer son muy kolay a eskojer, ama el karpuz i el ombre no son

Melon and woman are very easy to choose, but watermelon and man are not.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 390 Ladino
En espalda de otro, la karga es livyana

On another's back, the load is light.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 391 Ladino
No te echez al pozo kon la kuedra de otroz - Kedaz en el pozo

Do not throw yourself into the well with another's rope, or you will stay in the well.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 392 Ladino
Me se izo todo kale i duvar

Everything became a fortress and a wall to me.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 393 Ladino
Mujer ke save Latin,no tiene ni marido ni buena fin

A woman who knows Latin has neither a husband nor a good end.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 394 Ladino
No ay mas savio ke del lo ke pasa

No one is wiser than one who has been through it.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 395 Ladino
Kuando la vieja se kere alegrar, se akodra de su ashugar

When the old woman wants to cheer up, she remembers her trousseau.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 396 Ladino
El pan de la vizina es una milizina

The neighbor's bread is a medicine.

76 Nov 2026
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