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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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Refrán № 163 Ladino
Si Moshe Muryo, Adonay kedo

If Moses died, God remained (people are mortal; God endures).

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 164 Ladino
Pasensya es pan i sensia

Patience is bread and knowledge.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 165 Ladino
Esta una savor de chupar los dedos

It is a flavor to lick your fingers.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 166 Ladino
Kuando una mujer se le yela el korason, se le sana la kavesa

When a woman's heart freezes, her head gets cured.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 167 Ladino
Kuando ase luvia yoran los sielos i riye la tierra

When it rains, the skies weep and the earth laughs.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 168 Ladino
Ken tiene marido de servir no puede muncho durmir

Whoever has a husband to serve cannot sleep much.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 169 Ladino
El ermano kere la ermana i el marido mujer sana

The brother wants his sister (well), and the husband wants a healthy wife.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 170 Ladino
Gramama tienes ZUM? No pasha, tengo keftikas, patatikas, makaronikos!

Grandma, do you have Zoom? No dear, I have meatballs, little potatoes, little macaroni! (joke)

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 171 Ladino
Ijas i joyas no se deshan en manos ajenas

Daughters and jewels are not left in other hands.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 172 Ladino
De alavar a sus parientes,ya no le kedaron dientes

From praising his relatives, he has no teeth left.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 173 Ladino
Paga lo ke devez, savez lo ke tienes

Pay what you owe, and you will know what you have.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 174 Ladino
Abolta la luenga siete vezes ariento la boka antes de avlar

Turn your tongue seven times inside your mouth before speaking.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 175 Ladino
Ermuera dolor de muela

A daughter-in-law is a toothache.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 176 Ladino
Ande ay amor ay dolor

Where there's love there's pain.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 177 Ladino
Sin lavar la kara ya empeso kon sus hohentas

Before washing his face he starts nagging.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 178 Ladino
El buen pleto traye buena paz

A good fight brings a good peace.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 179 Ladino
Kon fuersa de braso no se alkansa a nada

Nothing is achieved by brute strength.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 180 Ladino
El ken kere lo muncho perye i lo poko

He who wants a lot loses both the much and the little.

72 Nov 2026
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