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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 № 541 Ladino
Todos los rios van al mar

All rivers go to the sea.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 542 Ladino
Toka oro se le aze lodo

Whatever he touches, gold turns to mud.

109 Nov 2026
Refrán № 543 Ladino
Tornaron kon los mokos enkolgados

They came back with their snot hanging (i.e., dejected / empty-handed).

107 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 544 Ladino
Tripa vaziya korason sin alegria

An empty belly, a heart without joy.

105 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 545 Ladino
Tu kara i mi kulo primos ermanos

Your face and my backside are first cousins.

102 Nov 2026
Refrán № 546 Ladino
Tu kara i mi kulo son primos ermanos

Your face and my backside are first cousins.

93 Nov 2026
Refrán № 547 Ladino
Tu marido ke te kera komo la sal

A husband who loves you like salt (dearly, as something essential). (uncertain)

91 Nov 2026
Refrán № 548 Ladino
Tu pan no me arto, tu palavra me kontento

Your bread does not fill me; your word contents me.

93 Nov 2026
Refrán № 549 Ladino
Un loko kita sien

One fool drives out a hundred.

103 Nov 2026
Refrán № 550 Ladino
Un ombre sin amigo es komo la mano derecha sin la siedra

A man without a friend is like the right hand without the left.

103 Nov 2026
Refrán № 551 Ladino
Un pan en el sesto ni arto ni ambierto

One loaf in the basket: neither full nor hungry.

87 Nov 2026
Refrán № 552 Ladino
Un sako de aroz una ava

A sack of rice, one bean.

94 Nov 2026
Refrán № 553 Ladino
Una madre i una manta tapan munchas faltas

A mother and a blanket cover many faults.

107 Nov 2026
Refrán № 554 Ladino
Una mano lava la otra i las dos lavan la kara

One hand washes the other, and both wash the face.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 555 Ladino
Una puerta se serra i sien se avren

One door closes and a hundred open.

86 Nov 2026
Refrán № 556 Ladino
Uno korta la roza, el otro la goza

One cuts the rose, the other enjoys it.

87 Nov 2026
Refrán № 557 Ladino
Vende Pipinos vende halva ma no asperes nedava

Sell seeds, sell halva, but do not wait for charity.

103 Nov 2026
Refrán № 558 Ladino
Vender espejos en el kazal de siegos

Selling mirrors in the village of the blind.

87 Nov 2026
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