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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 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
Sol i luvya anyos de artura

Sun and rain, years of abundance.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 74 Ladino
El ke bien te kere te aze yorar

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

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 75 Ladino
Kada gayna kanta en su gaynero

Every hen crows in her own henhouse.

72 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 76 Ladino
Las desgrasias nunka no vienen solas

Disasters never come alone.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 77 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son uno

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 78 Ladino
El Leon se konose de la unya

The lion is known by its claw.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 79 Ladino
Ni novya sin velo ni mujer sin selo

Neither a bride without a veil nor a wife without jealousy.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 80 Ladino
El Dio ke moz guadre de kaza i de dorama

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

71 Nov 2026
Refrán № 81 Ladino
Sin disiplina no ay milizina

There's no medicine without discipline.

71 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 82 Ladino
El Dio ke moz guadre de vizino malo i de ayre de burako

May God protect us from a bad neiighbour and from a draught.

71 Nov 2026
Refrán № 83 Ladino
Ken oye a la djente se kita de la mujer

Whoever listens to people ends up leaving his wife.

71 Nov 2026
Refrán № 84 Ladino
Ya Avlo ya lo espajo

Now I've spoken, now I've cleared it up. (uncertain)

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 85 Ladino
Mas le das kara, mas demanda

The more you give face (indulge), the more (s)he demands.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 86 Ladino
De una roza no se aze korona

A crown is not made from a single rose.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 87 Ladino
Lo ke no te agrada no lo agas al denfrente

Don't do to the one in front of you what you don't like yourself.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 88 Ladino
Moneda se gana kon moneda

Money is earned with money.

70 Nov 2026
Refrán № 89 Ladino
El savyo es el ke se ambeza una koza de kada persona

The wise one is he who learns something from every person.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 90 Ladino
Abasha eskalon toma mujer,suve eskalon toma haver

Step down a rung to take a wife, step up a rung to take a friend/partner.

69 Nov 2026
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