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Refrán del día · November 8
El mal i el bien en la kara se ven Good and evil show on the face.
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Refrán № 37 Ladino
Este mundo es golondrino ken lo beve de agua i ken lo beve de vino

This world is a fleeting swallow: some drink it with water, some with wine.

63 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 38 Ladino
La aluenga no tiene gueso ma rompe gueso

The tongue has no bone, but it breaks bone.

58 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 39 Ladino
No eskupes al pozo ke bevites de su agua

Do not spit into the well from whose water you have drunk.

57 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 40 Ladino
No permetes a tu aluenga de korrer antes de tu pensamiento

Do not let your tongue run ahead of your thoughts.

54 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 41 Ladino
Las ovras son kerensyas

Deeds are beliefs (actions show what one truly believes).

44 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 42 Ladino
Ken rompe tu korason aze tambien limpieza en tu vida

Whoever breaks your heart also cleans up your life.

38 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 43 Ladino
Si tu enemigo es una urmiga, contalo como un gamello

Even if your enemy is but an ant, consider them a camel; do not underestimate them.

31 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 44 Ladino
Si tienes pan i lentejas deke te keshas

If you have bread and lentils, why do you complain?

408 Nov 2026
Refrán № 45 Ladino
Las bokas de la djente no son ridomas ke las puedas tapar

People's mouths are not jars you can cover.

345 Nov 2026
Refrán № 46 Ladino
Kon paras los mudos kantan

Money makes mutes sing too.

112 Nov 2026
Refrán № 47 Ladino
El ke se mete a bever no konta los vazos

He who starts drinking doesn't count the glasses.

98 Nov 2026
Refrán № 48 Ladino
En kada kaza i en kada kashon ay un dolor de korason

In every house and in every drawer there is a heartache.

93 Nov 2026
Refrán № 49 Ladino
El peshe fiele de la kavesa

The fish rots from the head.

92 Nov 2026
Refrán № 50 Ladino
El ke emprestado viste, en medyo de la kaleja lo disvisten

He who wears borrowed clothes gets undressed in the middle of the street.

88 Nov 2026
Refrán № 51 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.

88 Nov 2026
Refrán № 52 Ladino
La agua pasa, el lodo keda

The water goes but the mud stays

87 Nov 2026
Refrán № 53 Ladino
No ay ombre sin solombra

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

87 Nov 2026
Refrán № 54 Ladino
Aze bien, no mires a ken

Do good, don't look at whom.

86 Nov 2026
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