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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
Pan i kezo i la kara riente

Bread and cheese and a smiling face.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 56 Ladino
El lovo i la oveja viyenen en konseja

The wolf and the sheep come together in council.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 57 Ladino
A la haragana de noche le viene la gana

The lazy woman feels like working at night.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 58 Ladino
Mala la madre, mala la ija, mala la kolcha ke las kuvija

Bad the mother, bad the daughter, bad the quilt that covers them.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 59 Ladino
El es pedo en chini

He is a fart in porcelain (a nobody, worthless). (uncertain, idiom)

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 60 Ladino
Moz izo hadras i baranas

He made us into rags and tatters (ruined us). (uncertain)

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 61 Ladino
La tierra vale tanto, komo el ombre ke la lavora

The land is worth as much as the man who works it.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 62 Ladino
Lentejas... Si keres las komes i si no las deshas

Lentils... if you want, you eat them, and if not, you leave them (take it or leave it).

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 63 Ladino
Los lokos i los ninyos dizen la verdad

Fools and children tell the truth.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 64 Ladino
No lo yames yerno fista ke tenga el aniyo en el dedo

Do not call him a son in law till he has the ring on his finger.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 65 Ladino
La kaza no save ni riko ni prove

The house knows neither rich nor poor.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 66 Ladino
Al enemigo azelo amigo

Turn the enemy into a friend.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 67 Ladino
El Dio aprova a los buenos a padre aresentado da ijo alokado

God tests the good: to a settled father he gives a crazy son.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 68 Ladino
El ke da un groshiziko tanye el chufletiko

He who gives a little coin plays the little whistle (he who pays calls the tune).

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 69 Ladino
El ke bien te kere te aze yorar

He who loves you well makes you cry (tough love).

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 70 Ladino
La estreya ke le kayga

May his star fall (a curse / wish for bad luck).

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 71 Ladino
Kada gayna kanta en su gaynero

Every hen crows in her own henhouse.

72 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 72 Ladino
El Leon se konose de la unya

The lion is known by its claw.

72 Nov 2026
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