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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 № 163 Ladino
Ija de kazar fierro de mashkar

A daughter to marry off is iron to chew.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 164 Ladino
El ojo kome mas ke el estomago

The eye eats more than the stomach.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 165 Ladino
El Dio ke me guadre de mis amigos i yo de mis enemigos

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

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 166 Ladino
El selo no kome el korason, kome los guesos

Jealousy does not eat the heart; it eats the bones.

64 Nov 2026
Refrán № 167 Ladino
Los ke kaminan en el kamino derecho kaminan en el kamino estrecho

Those who walk the straight path walk the narrow path.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 168 Ladino
El ke madruga el Dio le ayuda

God helps him who rises early.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 169 Ladino
El ke avla la verdad pedre la amistad

He who speaks the truth loses friendship.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 170 Ladino
La buena mansana se la kome el guzano

The worm eats the good apple.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 171 Ladino
Le salyo un panariz al punto de la nariz

A whitlow came out on the very tip of his nose.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 172 Ladino
Marido haham i merkader, allegria de la mujer

A husband who is a hakham and a merchant is the joy of the wife.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 173 Ladino
La moneda tapa la korkova

Money covers the hump.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 174 Ladino
Ninguno ke no manke de su kaza

No one who is not missing from his own home.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 175 Ladino
Kuento de kaza no sale a la plaza

A story of the house does not go out to the square.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 176 Ladino
La kaza es un pozo ke no decha repozo

The house is a well that gives no rest.

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 177 Ladino
Ke vale el ojo avierto si el korason es siego

What is an open eye worth if the heart is blind?

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 178 Ladino
Ken no kere kosfuegrar demanda muncha dota i ashugar

He who does not want a father-in-law/in-laws demands a large dowry and trousseau.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 179 Ladino
Ken te amara mas ke tu mama, kon palavras te enganyara

Whoever loves you more than your mother will deceive you with words.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 180 Ladino
La bolsa yena, presto se aze la sena

When the purse is full, dinner is soon made.

56 Nov 2026
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