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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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  1. 1 Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas The years I have lived, I will not live again. 4873Hot
  2. 2 Gayo ke no kanta alguna koza le falta A rooster that doesn't crow is missing something. 4661
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Refrán № 01 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

93 4 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas

The years I have lived, I will not live again.

487 3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 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.

88 3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
De boka a boka se va fin a Roma

From mouth to mouth, one gets all the way to Rome (by asking, you can find your way anywhere).

454 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save

A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know.

359 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
El gameo no ve su korkova

The camel doesn't see its own hump.

355 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
Mil penseryos no pagan una devda

A thousand worries do not pay a debt.

92 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
De tal palo tala estiya, de tal padre tal ijo

From such a tree, such a splinter; like father, like son.

78 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
Gayo ke no kanta alguna koza le falta

A rooster that doesn't crow is missing something.

466 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
Ken se aharva kon sus manos, ke no yore

Whoever scratches himself with his own hands should not cry out (if you do it yourself, don't complain).

292 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Kuando se le avren los ojos del syego, rompe su baston

When the blind man's eyes are opened, he breaks his cane (the ungrateful forget what helped them).

289 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
A karne dura diente agudo

Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth.

119 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
El padre peka, al ijo se le apega

The father sins, and it sticks to the son.

112 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
La ke se alava kon su boka es loka

He who praises himself with his own mouth is a fool.

103 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
Dos gayos en una kaza no kaven

Two roosters don't fit in one house.

98 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
Ande no ay Madre no ay ni Padre

Where there is no mother, there is no father either.

80 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
Ken mete kara toma marido i kaza, ken no, keda en kaza

Whoever dares gets a husband and a home; whoever doesn't, stays at home (fortune favors the bold).

79 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Mas vale poko ke nada

It's better a little than nothing.

79 1 Nov 2026
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