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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 № 109 Ladino
El kavayo del rey no alavanta kargo

The king's horse does not lift a load.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 110 Ladino
El ke adova la gotera adova la kaza entera

He who fixes the leak fixes the whole house.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 111 Ladino
El ke atrapa la kola del leon ke tenga kudyado i no solte

Whoever grabs the lion's tail must be careful and not let go.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 112 Ladino
El ke avla la verdad pedre la amistad

He who speaks the truth loses friendship.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 113 Ladino
El ke avla sembra i el ke eskucha arekoje

He who speaks sows, and he who listens reaps.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 114 Ladino
El ke bate la puerta resive repuesta

He who knocks on the door gets an answer.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 115 Ladino
El ke bien se kere en poko lugar kave

Those who love each other fit in a small place.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 116 Ladino
El ke bien te kere te aze yorar

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

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 117 Ladino
El ke bien te kere, en la kara te lo dize

Whoever loves you well,tells it to your face.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 118 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).

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 119 Ladino
El ke dize la verdad piedre la amistad

He who tells the truth loses friendship.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 120 Ladino
El ke emprestado viste lo dezmudan en medyo la kaleja

He who wears borrowed clothes gets stripped in the middle of the street.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 121 Ladino
El ke emprestado viste, en medyo de la kaleja lo disvisten

He who wears borrowed clothes gets undressed in the middle of the street.

92 Nov 2026
Refrán № 122 Ladino
El ke entra al banyo sin sudar no sale

Whoever enters the bathhouse does not leave without sweating.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 123 Ladino
El ke fuye de la luvia enkontra el pedrisko

He who flees from the rain meets the hail.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 124 Ladino
El ke korre se kaye

He who runs falls.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 125 Ladino
El ke kuze i deskuze no keda sin echo

He who sews and unsews is never left without work done (said of one who keeps redoing things).

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 126 Ladino
El ke madruga el Dio le ayuda

God helps him who rises early.

57 Nov 2026
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