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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 № 01 Ladino
A karne dura diente agudo

Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth.

116 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
A la bien kazada se le ve de la kara

You can tell a happily married woman by her face.

50 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
A la boka serrada no entra moshka

No fly enters a closed mouth.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
A la haragana de noche le viene la gana

The lazy woman feels like working at night.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
A la mujer paridera del aver se le apega

Wealth/good fortune sticks to a woman who bears many children.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
A la ora de la pichada fraguar la privada

At the time of the pee, build the toilet (acting too late, when the need is already urgent).

47 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 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.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
Abolta la luenga siete vezes ariento la boka antes de avlar

Turn your tongue seven times inside your mouth before speaking.

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
Agua arovada es mas dulse

Stolen water is sweeter.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
Aharva el kulo ke no pedo

Beat the backside so that it won't fart.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Akel se yama alegre i kontente, el ke tiene plazer del prospero del d’enfrente

Don't look at his face,look at his grace.

83 3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
Akontese en un punto lo ke no akontese en mil anyos

What happens in a moment does not happen in a thousand years.

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
Al azno metele semer de oro, no troka siempre keda azno

Put a golden pack-saddle on a donkey; it does not change, it always stays a donkey.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
Al enemigo azelo amigo

Turn the enemy into a friend.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
Al Kavayo sarnozo le viene la moshka

Flies come to the mangy horse (misfortune attracts more misfortune).

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
Al marido komo lo auzates al ijo komo lo kriates

You get the husband as you accustom him, the son as you raise him.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
Al riko el gayo le mete guevo ma al prove ni la gayna

The rooster lays an egg for the rich man, but for the poor not even the hen does.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Al riko, kon salud i kon vida. Al prove de ande te vino

To the rich man, "with health and life"; to the poor man, "where did it come to you from?"

56 Nov 2026
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