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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 № 73 Ladino
El amigo del buen tiempo se troka kon el tiempo

The fair-weather friend changes with the weather.

46 Nov 2026
Refrán № 74 Ladino
El amor es dolor de kulo ke no desha durmir a dinguno

Love is a pain in the backside that lets no one sleep.

65 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 75 Ladino
El amor es temporario komo el ayre del enverano pasa i se va

Love is temporary, like the winter wind: it passes and goes.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 76 Ladino
El avlar muncho aze la boka grande

Talking a lot makes the mouth big.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 77 Ladino
El bien no es konosido asta ke no es perdido

Good is not recognized until it is lost.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 78 Ladino
El bostezo va de boka en boka, komo el vino de bota en bota.

Yawning goes from mouth to mouth, like wine from boot to boot.

26 Nov 2026
Refrán № 79 Ladino
El buen pleto traye buena paz

A good fight brings a good peace.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 80 Ladino
El buey tiene la aluenga larga, ma avlar no save

The ox has a long tongue, but does not know how to speak.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 81 Ladino
El dia el mas malo de la muchacha es el dia el maz bueno de la kazada

The worst day of the unmarried girl is the best day of the married woman.

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 82 Ladino
El diamante briya ma fin al kavo es piedra

The diamond shines, but in the end it is a stone.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 83 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.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 84 Ladino
El Dio da muez al ke no tiene dientes

God gives nuts to the toothless one.

68 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 85 Ladino
El Dio da muezes al ke no tiene dientes

God gives nuts to the one who has no teeth.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 86 Ladino
El Dio es tadrozo ma no es olvidozo

God is slow, but He is not forgetful.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 87 Ladino
El Dio ke guadre de marido eskaso

May God protect us from a stingy husband.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 88 Ladino
El Dio ke me guadre de mis amigos i yo de mis enemigos

May God protect me from my friends, and I from my enemies.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 89 Ladino
El Dio ke moz de vidas por ver maz maraviyas

May God give us life to see more wonders.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 90 Ladino
El Dio ke moz guadre de kaza i de dorama

May God protect us from the house and from the "dorama". (uncertain)

73 Nov 2026
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