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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
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 № 488 Ladino
La justisia es la alma del mundo

Justice is the soul of the world.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 489 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 № 490 Ladino
El ke adova la gotera adova la kaza entera

He who fixes the leak fixes the whole house.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 491 Ladino
El eskaso bive prove para murir riko

The miser lives poor to die rich.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 492 Ladino
Antes ke te kazes mira lo ke azes

Before you marry, look at what you are doing.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 493 Ladino
El sapatero no tiene sapatos

The cobbler has no shoes.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 494 Ladino
El Dio ke moz de vidas por ver maz maraviyas

May God give us life to see more wonders.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 495 Ladino
Si keres ser buena esfuegra i por tu ermuera alavada, ten la bolsa bien avierta i la boka bien serrada

If you want to be a good mother-in-law, praised by your daughter-in-law, keep your purse wide open and your mouth tightly shut.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 496 Ladino
El shastre haragan piedre la alguja i el dedal

The lazy tailor loses the needle and the thimble.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 497 Ladino
El ke tuvo ambre bivyo i el ke tuvo friyo muryo

He who was hungry lived, and he who was cold died.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 498 Ladino
Marido haham i merkader, allegria de la mujer

A husband who is a hakham and a merchant is the joy of the wife.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 499 Ladino
Lo ke es la reyna para el rey, es la mujer para el marido

What the queen is to the king, the wife is to the husband.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 500 Ladino
El perro se burla del lovo viejo

The dog mocks the old wolf.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 501 Ladino
La mujer eskasa mete al marido por ekskuza

The stingy woman uses her husband as an excuse.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 502 Ladino
Mas valen dientes ke parientes

Teeth are worth more than relatives.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 503 Ladino
A la bien kazada se le ve de la kara

You can tell a happily married woman by her face.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 504 Ladino
La miel no se izo para la boka del azno

Honey was not made for the donkey's mouth.

84 Nov 2026
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