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Ladino proverbs

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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 № 451 Ladino
La mansevez es una vez ken la perye loko es

Youth comes once; whoever wastes it is a fool.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 452 Ladino
A la ora de la pichada fraguar la privada

At the time of the pee, build the toilet (acting too late, when the need is already urgent).

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 453 Ladino
El ke mal pensa para si se lo aze

He who thinks evil does it to himself.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 454 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son unos

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 455 Ladino
Ijos de mis ijos dos vezes mis ijos

Children of my children are twice my children.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 456 Ladino
La mujer aze, La mujer dezaze

A woman makes, a woman destroys.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 457 Ladino
El buey tiene la aluenga larga, ma avlar no save

The ox has a long tongue, but does not know how to speak.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 458 Ladino
La verdad es el ijo del Dio, la mentira es ija del diavlo

Truth is the son of God; the lie is the daughter of the devil.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 459 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 № 460 Ladino
Un pan en el sesto ni arto ni ambierto

One loaf in the basket: neither full nor hungry.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 461 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 № 462 Ladino
El tiempo kura todo

Time heals everything.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 463 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 № 464 Ladino
Kada persona ke perkure de ser djusto i ke no kavze a ninguno danyo i dezgusto

Every person who strives to be just and not to cause anyone harm or displeasure.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 465 Ladino
Es bueno tomar bendisyon de padre i de madre

It is good to receive the blessing of father and mother.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 466 Ladino
El ke madruga el Dio le ayuda

God helps him who rises early.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 467 Ladino
Barre la ermuera komo ve la esfuegra

The daughter-in-law sweeps as the mother-in-law sees fit.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 468 Ladino
Leon ke esta durmiyendo, no lo espertes

Do not wake a sleeping lion.

77 Nov 2026
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