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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 № 487 Ladino
Oygan tus oyidos lo ke dize tu boka

May your ears hear what your mouth says.

91 Nov 2026
Refrán № 488 Ladino
Padre guadrador el ijo es gastador

A saving father, a spendthrift son.

92 Nov 2026
Refrán № 489 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

124 4 Nov 2026
Refrán № 490 Ladino
Paga lo ke devez, savez lo ke tienes

Pay what you owe, and you will know what you have.

96 Nov 2026
Refrán № 491 Ladino
Pan es pan, vino es vino, tu te fuites, vino otro vino

Bread is bread, wine is wine; you left, another came.

94 Nov 2026
Refrán № 492 Ladino
Pan i kezo i la kara riente

Bread and cheese and a smiling face.

105 Nov 2026
Refrán № 493 Ladino
Para dizir todo a la kara, se kere boka emprestada

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

102 Nov 2026
Refrán № 494 Ladino
Para el bien se kere sensya i para el mal pasensya

For doing good you need knowledge, and for enduring bad you need patience.

92 Nov 2026
Refrán № 495 Ladino
Para ke se vaya al fregon, ke se vaya al garon

Rather than let it go to the pest, let it go to the lad/man.

89 Nov 2026
Refrán № 496 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 № 497 Ladino
Pasar al gameo por el ojo de la alguja

To pass the camel through the eye of the needle.

86 Nov 2026
Refrán № 498 Ladino
Pasensya es pan i sensia

Patience is bread and knowledge.

97 Nov 2026
Refrán № 499 Ladino
Pesa el plomo, pesa el oro, pesa al ombre mas ke todo

Do weigh up the lead,the gold,most of all weigh up the man.

101 Nov 2026
Refrán № 500 Ladino
Pishkado i musafires por dos dias, el treser se guelen

Fish and guests for two days, the third day they stink.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 501 Ladino
Pleto entre marido i mujer, la kolcha deve de venser

In a quarrel between husband and wife, the bedspread must win.

90 Nov 2026
Refrán № 502 Ladino
Poko ke seya, mio ke seya

Be it little, let it be mine.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 503 Ladino
Poko saver, poko mal tener

The less you know, the less trouble you have.

82 Nov 2026
Refrán № 504 Ladino
Poko tura la alegria en la kaza del kumardji

Joy lasts little in the gambler's house.

79 Nov 2026
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