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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 № 433 Ladino
Este kezo para este pan

This cheese for this bread.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 434 Ladino
Leon ke esta durmiyendo, no lo espertes

Do not wake a sleeping lion.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 435 Ladino
La mansevez es una ves i solo el ke la goza save lo ke es

Youth comes once, and only he who enjoys it knows what it is.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 436 Ladino
Detras de kada ombre ke reushe ay una mujer

Behind every successful man there is a woman.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 437 Ladino
Lo ke izites kon tus padres de tus ijos esperes

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

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 438 Ladino
Mas vale verguensa en kara, ke dolor de korason

Better shame on the face than pain in the heart.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 439 Ladino
El ke bien se kere en poko lugar kave

Those who love each other fit in a small place.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 440 Ladino
Si no ay en la boka ke ayga en la bolsa

If there is nothing in the mouth, let there be something in the pocket.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 441 Ladino
No kontes los sekretos de tu alma ni a tu ermana

Do not tell the secrets of your soul, not even to your sister.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 442 Ladino
El diya ke no barri vino el kien no asperi

The day I did not sweep, the one I did not expect came.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 443 Ladino
El haham por ande kere bolta la ojika

The hakham turns the page wherever he wants.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 444 Ladino
El ke emprestado viste lo dezmudan en medyo la kaleja

He who wears borrowed clothes gets stripped in the middle of the street.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 445 Ladino
Eskucha a los viejos, saven dar buen konsejo

Listen to the old; they know how to give good advice.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 446 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.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 447 Ladino
Para tomar boka de oro, para pagar kanyo kon lodo

To take, a mouth of gold; to pay, a pipe full of mud.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 448 Ladino
Vender espejos en el kazal de siegos

Selling mirrors in the village of the blind.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 449 Ladino
El Dio ke moz de vidas por ver maz maraviyas

May God give us life to see more wonders.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 450 Ladino
Asegun te ven, ansina te tratan

As they see you, so they treat you.

85 Nov 2026
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