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Ladino proverbs

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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 № 55 Ladino
El ke tiene moneda i no la goza, al otro mundo no arepoza

He who has money and does not enjoy it will not rest in the other world.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 56 Ladino
Mil kandelas no azen un sol

A thousand candles do not make a sun.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 57 Ladino
Mas vale tener onor en la plaza ke paras en la kasha

Better to have honor in the square than money in the chest.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 58 Ladino
El selo pudre los guesos

Jealousy rots the bones.

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 59 Ladino
La verdad es el ijo del Dio, la mentira es ija del diavlo

Truth is the son of God; the lie is the daughter of the devil.

49 Nov 2026
Refrán № 60 Ladino
Yerno komo el sol de invierno

A son-in-law is like the winter sun.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 61 Ladino
Echa un gueso al perro para ke no ladre

Throw a bone to the dog so that it does not bark.

51 Nov 2026
Refrán № 62 Ladino
Marido es dolor de oyido

A husband is an earache.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 63 Ladino
Todo lo ke briya no es oro

All that glitters is not gold.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 64 Ladino
Madre Nikochera le sale ija haragana

A housekeeping mother gets a lazy daughter.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 65 Ladino
La gana ke tengo de baylar, tienes tu de lavorar

The desire I have to dance, you should have to work.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 66 Ladino
Ni novya sin sejas ni boda sin keshas

Neither a bride without eyebrows nor a wedding without complaints.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 67 Ladino
Kunyadika Kulevrika

Little sister-in-law, little snake.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 68 Ladino
Una puerta se serra i sien se avren

One door closes and a hundred open.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 69 Ladino
Mirate, ke te mire El Dio

Look at yourself, so that God may look at you.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 70 Ladino
Soz riko soz mi tiyo

If you are rich, you are my uncle.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 71 Ladino
Fin a ke le viene la gana del riko le sale la alma del prove

By the time the rich man's wish comes, the poor man's soul has left him.

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 72 Ladino
Kon fuersa de braso no se alkansa a nada

Nothing is achieved by brute strength.

63 Nov 2026
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