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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
Dime ken es tu amigo i te dire ken sos tu Tell me who your friend is and I will tell you who you are.
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Refrán № 397 Ladino
Detras de kada ombre ke reushe ay una mujer

Behind every successful man there is a woman.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 398 Ladino
Tengo tres deseos, Komer sin engodrar, Amar sin sufrir i Ganar sin lavorar

I have three wishes: to eat without getting fat, to love without suffering, and to earn without working.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 399 Ladino
El ijo de la gata ratones mata

The cat's son kills mice.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 400 Ladino
Ermuera dolor de muela

A daughter-in-law is a toothache.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 401 Ladino
La sangre no se aze agua

Blood does not turn into water.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 402 Ladino
Mil kandelas no azen un sol

A thousand candles do not make a sun.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 403 Ladino
No save apartar la kalavasa de la berendjena

He cannot tell the squash from the eggplant.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 404 Ladino
Al tiempo no teniyamoz nada ama teniyamoz todo, agora tenemoz todo ama no tenemoz nada

In those days we had nothing but we had everything; now we have everything but we have nothing.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 405 Ladino
Kon soplar no se amata el fuego

Blowing does not put out the fire.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 406 Ladino
Aze palos para ke te aharven

You make sticks so that they beat you.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 407 Ladino
El sapatero no tiene sapatos

The cobbler has no shoes.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 408 Ladino
Tiene la mano muy avierta

He has a very open hand.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 409 Ladino
Ke vale el ojo avierto si el korason es siego

What is an open eye worth if the heart is blind?

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 410 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.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 411 Ladino
Ni la esfuegra puede ser madre ni la ermuera ija

A mother-in-law can't be a mother, nor a daughter-in-law a daughter.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 412 Ladino
Kada dia no es boda

Every day is not a wedding.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 413 Ladino
Leon ke esta durmiyendo, no lo espertes

Do not wake a sleeping lion.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 414 Ladino
La mansevez es una vez ken la perye loko es

Youth comes once; whoever wastes it is a fool.

83 Nov 2026
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