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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 № 199 Ladino
El ombre sembra, el ijo fragua i el inyeto se lo goza

The man sows, the son builds, and the grandson enjoys it.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 200 Ladino
Azno muerto no se espanta del lovo

A dead donkey is not afraid of the wolf.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 201 Ladino
Ken tiene marido de servir no puede muncho durmir

Whoever has a husband to serve cannot sleep much.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 202 Ladino
La kampana chika no se oye kuando bate la kampana grande

The small bell cannot be heard when the big bell rings.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 203 Ladino
Mas vale etcharse sin senar ke de alevantarse kon devda

Better to go to bed without supper than to get up in debt.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 204 Ladino
Me se izo todo kale i duvar

Everything became a fortress and a wall to me.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 205 Ladino
Pan es pan, vino es vino, tu te fuites, vino otro vino

Bread is bread, wine is wine; you left, another came.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 206 Ladino
La aluenga de la mujer es su espada ke no desha farujentear

A woman's tongue is her sword, which does not let her rust.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 207 Ladino
La ija en la fasha, el ashugar en la kasha

The daughter in swaddling clothes, the trousseau in the chest.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 208 Ladino
La mujer eskasa mete al marido por ekskuza

The stingy woman uses her husband as an excuse.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 209 Ladino
No ay mas savio ke del lo ke pasa

No one is wiser than one who has been through it.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 210 Ladino
Mis ijos kazados mis males doblados

My children married, my troubles doubled.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 211 Ladino
Barre la ermuera komo ve la esfuegra

The daughter-in-law sweeps as the mother-in-law sees fit.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 212 Ladino
Luz de la kaye oskuridad de la kaza

Light in the street, darkness in the house.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 213 Ladino
Kazala a tu ija komo puedes, a tu ijo komo keres

Marry off your daughter as you can, your son as you wish.

71 Nov 2026
Refrán № 214 Ladino
Kada dia no es boda

Every day is not a wedding.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 215 Ladino
Leon ke esta durmiyendo, no lo espertes

Do not wake a sleeping lion.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 216 Ladino
Kuando la vieja se kere alegrar, se akodra de su ashugar

When the old woman wants to cheer up, she remembers her trousseau.

59 Nov 2026
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