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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 № 397 Ladino
Madre miya mi kerida, para ke me parites

My dear mother, why did you give birth to me?

95 Nov 2026
Refrán № 398 Ladino
Madre Nikochera le sale ija haragana

A housekeeping mother gets a lazy daughter.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 399 Ladino
Mal yevando bien esperando

Enduring the bad, hoping for the good.

93 Nov 2026
Refrán № 400 Ladino
Mala la madre, mala la ija, mala la kolcha ke las kuvija

Bad the mother, bad the daughter, bad the quilt that covers them.

101 Nov 2026
Refrán № 401 Ladino
Maldision sin razon torna a su patron

A curse without cause returns to its owner.

105 Nov 2026
Refrán № 402 Ladino
Maldisyon sin razon se va a su patron

A curse without reason goes back to its master.

91 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 403 Ladino
Marido en kaza dolor de keshada

A husband at home is a pain in the jaw.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 404 Ladino
Marido es dolor de oyido

A husband is an earache.

87 Nov 2026
Refrán № 405 Ladino
Marido haham i merkader, allegria de la mujer

A husband who is a hakham and a merchant is the joy of the wife.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 406 Ladino
Marido selozo no tiene repozo

A jealous husband has no rest.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 407 Ladino
Mas kome el ojo ke la boka

The eye eats more than the mouth.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 408 Ladino
Mas le das kara, mas demanda

The more you give face (indulge), the more (s)he demands.

96 Nov 2026
Refrán № 409 Ladino
Mas vale etcharse sin senar ke de alevantarse kon devda

Better to go to bed without supper than to get up in debt.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 410 Ladino
Mas vale kayer en un rio furiente, ke en la boka de la dgente.

It is better to fall in a raging river than into gossiping mouths.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 411 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.

113 Nov 2026
Refrán № 412 Ladino
Mas vale pan kon amor ke gayna kon dolor

Better bread with love than a hen with sorrow.

82 Nov 2026
Refrán № 413 Ladino
Mas vale poko ke nada

It's better a little than nothing.

104 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 414 Ladino
Mas vale ser ijo de un prove, ke esklavo de un riko

Better to be the son of a poor man than the slave of a rich man.

86 Nov 2026
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