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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 № 199 Ladino
Dime ken es tu amigo i te dire ken sos tu

Tell me who your friend is and I will tell you who you are.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 200 Ladino
Ande ay amor ay dolor

Where there's love there's pain.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 201 Ladino
Kualo vale la moneda kuando la persona no esta buena

What's money worth when a person isn't well.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 202 Ladino
El buen pleto traye buena paz

A good fight brings a good peace.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 203 Ladino
Soz riko soz mi tiyo

If you are rich, you are my uncle.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 204 Ladino
El ke save mentiras kontar, al gameo lo aze bolar

He who knows how to tell lies can make a camel fly.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 205 Ladino
La aluenga korta mijor de la tijera

The tongue cuts better than scissors.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 206 Ladino
El ke dize la verdad piedre la amistad

He who tells the truth loses friendship.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 207 Ladino
La muerte no save ni riko ni prove

Death knows neither rich nor poor.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 208 Ladino
Fue una topadura de kosfuegros

It was a meeting of in-laws.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 209 Ladino
Ken perkura tiene ventura

Whoever strives has luck.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 210 Ladino
La madre es el fondamiento del nido

The mother is the foundation of the nest.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 211 Ladino
El Dio ni durme ni adormese

God neither sleeps nor slumbers.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 212 Ladino
Sako vaziyo no keda en pies

An empty sack does not stand upright.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 213 Ladino
Yerros de kazados ke no sepan vizindados

The faults of married couples should not be known to the neighbors.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 214 Ladino
Ni la esfuegra se aze madre ni la ermuera se aze ija

A mother-in-law doesn't become a mother, nor a daughter-in-law a daughter.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 215 Ladino
No veyas la kara,aryentro esta pudrido komo la mansana

Don't look at the face; inside it's rotten like the apple.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 216 Ladino
La vida es komo un espejo, komo miras te vez

Life is like a mirror: as you look, so you see yourself.

75 Nov 2026
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