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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 № 181 Ladino
Ken aze paz entre marido i mujer merese Ganeden

Whoever makes peace between husband and wife deserves Paradise.

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 182 Ladino
Lo ke aze gozar al marido es la buena vida ke le da la mujer

What makes a husband happy is the good life his wife gives him.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 183 Ladino
Yaves viejas no avren puertas muevas

Old keys do not open new doors.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 184 Ladino
No ay en el mundo amiga komo la madre

There is no friend in the world like a mother.

63 Nov 2026
Refrán № 185 Ladino
El Dio ke guadre de marido eskaso

May God protect us from a stingy husband.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 186 Ladino
Lo ke es la reyna para el rey, es la mujer para el marido

What the queen is to the king, the wife is to the husband.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 187 Ladino
El amigo del buen tiempo se troka kon el tiempo

The fair-weather friend changes with the weather.

47 Nov 2026
Refrán № 188 Ladino
Kada kual en su kaza, El Dio en las de Todos

Each one in his own house, God in everyone's.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 189 Ladino
Ni la esfuegra puede ser madre ni la ermuera ija

A mother-in-law can't be a mother, nor a daughter-in-law a daughter.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 190 Ladino
Kaza kon sol no vijita el doktor

A house with sun is not visited by the doctor.

43 Nov 2026
Refrán № 191 Ladino
El korason es de vidro, si se rompe no se adova

The heart is made of glass; if it breaks, it cannot be mended.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 192 Ladino
Todo pasa la mancha keda

Everything passes, the stain remains.

48 Nov 2026
Refrán № 193 Ladino
La madre es el sol de la kaza

The mother is the sun of the home.

50 Nov 2026
Refrán № 194 Ladino
Pleto entre marido i mujer, la kolcha deve de venser

In a quarrel between husband and wife, the bedspread must win.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 195 Ladino
El perro se burla del lovo viejo

The dog mocks the old wolf.

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 196 Ladino
Ande no ay amor, no ay dolor

Where there is no love, there is no pain.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 197 Ladino
La kandela del prove se derite kontando la moneda del riko

The poor man's candle melts while counting the rich man's money.

42 Nov 2026
Refrán № 198 Ladino
Azno kon oro alkansa todo

A donkey with gold reaches everything.

52 Nov 2026
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