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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 № 433 Ladino
La mujer aze, La mujer dezaze

A woman makes, a woman destroys.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 434 Ladino
Akontese en un punto lo ke no akontese en mil anyos

What happens in a moment does not happen in a thousand years.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 435 Ladino
No permetes a tu aluenga de korrer antes de tu pensamiento

Do not let your tongue run ahead of your thoughts.

78 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 436 Ladino
Laz aldikeras del riko si se vazyan, no pueden inchir laz aldikeras del prove

If the rich man's pockets are emptied, they cannot fill the poor man's pockets.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 437 Ladino
El Dio da muezes al ke no tiene dientes

God gives nuts to the one who has no teeth.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 438 Ladino
Kada uno en su kaza i El Dio en la de todos

Each one in his own house, and God in everyone's.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 439 Ladino
La mujer eskasa mete al marido por ekskuza

The stingy woman uses her husband as an excuse.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 440 Ladino
Leon ke esta durmiyendo, no lo espertes

Do not wake a sleeping lion.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 441 Ladino
Lo ke izites kon tus padres de tus ijos esperes

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

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 442 Ladino
Mas vale verguensa en kara, ke dolor de korason

Better shame on the face than pain in the heart.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 443 Ladino
El ke bien se kere en poko lugar kave

Those who love each other fit in a small place.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 444 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son unos

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 445 Ladino
El kavayo del rey no alavanta kargo

The king's horse does not lift a load.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 446 Ladino
Aldikera sin paras es komo arvole sin fruta

A pocket without money is like a tree without fruit.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 447 Ladino
Eskrito esta en la palma lo ke va pasar la alma

What will happen to the soul is written in the palm.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 448 Ladino
Ijos de mis ijos dos vezes mis ijos

Children of my children are twice my children.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 449 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 № 450 Ladino
Echa un gueso al perro para ke no ladre

Throw a bone to the dog so that it does not bark.

77 Nov 2026
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