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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 № 415 Ladino
Le salyo un panariz al punto de la nariz

A whitlow came out on the very tip of his nose.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 416 Ladino
Ninguno ke no manke de su kaza

No one who is not missing from his own home.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 417 Ladino
Esta la tripa en la nariz

The gut is up in the nose (he is fed up, has had enough). (uncertain, idiom)

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 418 Ladino
Kuando ombre i mujer kazan se eskapa su romansa i sus istorya empesa

When a man and a woman marry, their romance ends and their (real) story begins.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 419 Ladino
Mis ijos kazados mis males doblados

My children married, my troubles doubled.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 420 Ladino
Leon ke esta durmiyendo, no lo espertes

Do not wake a sleeping lion.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 421 Ladino
Maz vale vizino serkano ke ermano leshano

Better a near neighbor than a distant brother.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 422 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 № 423 Ladino
Karas vemos korasones no konosemos

We see faces, we do not know hearts.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 424 Ladino
El ijo de la gata ratones mata

The cat's son kills mice.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 425 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.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 426 Ladino
Ermuera dolor de muela

A daughter-in-law is a toothache.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 427 Ladino
La sangre no se aze agua

Blood does not turn into water.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 428 Ladino
Kuando el ambre entra por la puerta, el amor sale por la ventana

When hunger comes in through the door, love goes out through the window.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 429 Ladino
El ke adova la gotera adova la kaza entera

He who fixes the leak fixes the whole house.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 430 Ladino
Kon soplar no se amata el fuego

Blowing does not put out the fire.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 431 Ladino
Aze palos para ke te aharven

You make sticks so that they beat you.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 432 Ladino
El sapatero no tiene sapatos

The cobbler has no shoes.

84 Nov 2026
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