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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 № 271 Ladino
La aluenga no tiene gueso ma rompe gueso

The tongue has no bone, but it breaks bone.

67 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 272 Ladino
No importa las veses ke te kayes, si no las veses ke te levantes

It does not matter how many times you fall, but how many times you get up.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 273 Ladino
El viejo kere honor, el mansevo kere amor

The old man wants honor, the young man wants love.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 274 Ladino
Kon la esperanza todo se alkansa

With hope, everything is achieved.

69 Nov 2026
Refrán № 275 Ladino
El Dio da muezes al ke no tiene dientes

God gives nuts to the one who has no teeth.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 276 Ladino
En espalda de otro, la karga es livyana

On another's back, the load is light.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 277 Ladino
El ke tuvo ambre bivyo i el ke tuvo friyo muryo

He who was hungry lived, and he who was cold died.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 278 Ladino
Las madres suyas en una kuedra enkolgavan el lavado

Their mothers used to hang the washing on the same line.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 279 Ladino
El ojo ve, la alma desea

The eye sees, the soul desires.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 280 Ladino
Mas vale ser ijo de un prove, ke esklavo de un riko

Better to be the son of a poor man than the slave of a rich man.

72 Nov 2026
Refrán № 281 Ladino
Padre guadrador el ijo es gastador

A saving father, a spendthrift son.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 282 Ladino
Tiempo pedrido nunka se topa

Lost time is never found.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 283 Ladino
El ke emprestado viste lo dezmudan en medyo la kaleja

He who wears borrowed clothes gets stripped in the middle of the street.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 284 Ladino
Asukar en la boka no ayuda si tu korason es amargo

Sugar in the mouth does not help if your heart is bitter.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 285 Ladino
Eskucha a los viejos, saven dar buen konsejo

Listen to the old; they know how to give good advice.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 286 Ladino
Kon dizir fuego no se kema la boka

Saying "fire" does not burn the mouth.

66 Nov 2026
Refrán № 287 Ladino
Al tiempo no teniyamoz nada ama teniyamoz todo, agora tenemoz todo ama no tenemoz nada

In those days we had nothing but we had everything; now we have everything but we have nothing.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 288 Ladino
Kuando el ambre entra por la puerta, el amor sale por la ventana

When hunger comes in through the door, love goes out through the window.

64 Nov 2026
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