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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
La estreya ke le kayga May his star fall (a curse / wish for bad luck).
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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. 4803Hot
  2. 2 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 anywhe... 4462
  3. 3 Gayo ke no kanta alguna koza le falta A rooster that doesn't crow is missing something. 3861
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Refrán № 01 Ladino
Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas

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

480 3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 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).

446 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
Gayo ke no kanta alguna koza le falta

A rooster that doesn't crow is missing something.

386 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save

A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know.

347 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
El gameo no ve su korkova

The camel doesn't see its own hump.

340 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
Las bokas de la djente no son ridomas ke las puedas tapar

People's mouths are not jars you can cover.

326 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 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).

282 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 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).

277 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
A karne dura diente agudo

Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth.

113 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
El padre peka, al ijo se le apega

The father sins, and it sticks to the son.

107 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Kon paras los mudos kantan

Money makes mutes sing too.

99 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
La ke se alava kon su boka es loka

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

99 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
Dos gayos en una kaza no kaven

Two roosters don't fit in one house.

94 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
El ke se mete a bever no konta los vazos

He who starts drinking doesn't count the glasses.

90 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

88 4 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
En kada kaza i en kada kashon ay un dolor de korason

In every house and in every drawer there is a heartache.

86 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
El peshe fiele de la kavesa

The fish rots from the head.

86 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Mil penseryos no pagan una devda

A thousand worries do not pay a debt.

85 2 Nov 2026
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