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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 № 469 Ladino
La mujer buena la kaza yena

A good woman fills the house.

97 Nov 2026
Refrán № 470 Ladino
Detras de kada mujer komicha ay un ombre haragan i tembel ke la kita loka

Behind every nagging woman is a lazy, idle man who drives her crazy.

97 Nov 2026
Refrán № 471 Ladino
No ay ombre sin solombra

There is no man without a shadow (a flaw).

111 Nov 2026
Refrán № 472 Ladino
En kazal sin perros la djente kaminan sin palos

In a village without dogs, people walk without sticks.

90 Nov 2026
Refrán № 473 Ladino
Para dizir todo a la kara, se kere boka emprestada

To say everything to someone's face, you need a borrowed mouth.

97 Nov 2026
Refrán № 474 Ladino
Ken oye a la djente se kita de la mujer

Whoever listens to people ends up leaving his wife.

100 Nov 2026
Refrán № 475 Ladino
Mas vale la piedra del amigo ke de la mansana del enemigo

A stone from a friend is better than an apple from an enemy.

117 Nov 2026
Refrán № 476 Ladino
La mujer baylando el marido yorando

The wife dances while the husband cries.

89 Nov 2026
Refrán № 477 Ladino
La mujer destruyedera vazya del marido la aldikera

A wasteful wife empties her husband's pocket.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 478 Ladino
Kresen los ijos, pujan las ansias

As the children grow, the worries grow.

92 Nov 2026
Refrán № 479 Ladino
Kada uno es rey en su kaza

Everyone is king in his own home.

86 Nov 2026
Refrán № 480 Ladino
Si de tu novya izites tu mujer, aze tambien te tu mujer tu novya

If you made your bride your wife, make your wife your bride too.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 481 Ladino
El pan tugerto la lumbre lo enderecha

The fire straightens crooked bread.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 482 Ladino
Marido en kaza dolor de keshada

A husband at home is a pain in the jaw.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 483 Ladino
El ke no oye a su mujerika se trava la orejika

He who doesn't listen to his dear wife gets his little ear pulled.

103 Nov 2026
Refrán № 484 Ladino
Kuando una mujer se le yela el korason, se le sana la kavesa

When a woman's heart freezes, her head gets cured.

89 Nov 2026
Refrán № 485 Ladino
Komo yo eredi de mis padres i tu vas a eredar de mi

As I inherited from my parents, you will inherit from me.

91 Nov 2026
Refrán № 486 Ladino
Maldision sin razon torna a su patron

A curse without cause returns to its owner.

105 Nov 2026
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