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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 № 91 Ladino
El Dio ke moz guadre de kaza i de ora mala

May God keep us safe at home and from the evil hour.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 92 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.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 93 Ladino
El Dio me guadra de mis amigos i yo me guadro de mis enemigos

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

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 94 Ladino
El Dio ni durme ni adormese

God neither sleeps nor slumbers.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 95 Ladino
El diya ke no barri vino el kien no asperi

The day I did not sweep, the one I did not expect came.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 96 Ladino
El diya ke te kazas,o te kuras o te matas

The day you marry, you either heal yourself or kill yourself.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 97 Ladino
El ermano kere la ermana i el marido mujer sana

The brother wants his sister (well), and the husband wants a healthy wife.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 98 Ladino
El es pedo en chini

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

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 99 Ladino
El eskaso bive prove para murir riko

The miser lives poor to die rich.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 100 Ladino
El eskaso no tiene deskanso

The needy have no rest.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 101 Ladino
El gameo no ve su korkova

The camel doesn't see its own hump.

356 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 102 Ladino
El gameyo ve solo la korkova de otros i no la suya

The camel sees only the hump of others and not its own.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 103 Ladino
El ganar i el pedrer son haverim

Gaining and losing are companions.

84 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 104 Ladino
El ganar i el peryer son ermanos

Winning and losing are brothers.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 105 Ladino
El gato aspera mujer chapachula i puerta avierta

The cat waits for a sloppy woman and an open door. (uncertain)

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 106 Ladino
El haham por ande kere bolta la ojika

The hakham turns the page wherever he wants.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 107 Ladino
El ijo de la gata ratones mata

The cat's son kills mice.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 108 Ladino
El kamino del korason pasa por el estomago

The way to the heart goes through the stomach.

64 Nov 2026
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