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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 № 271 Ladino
Kada uno es rey en su kaza

Everyone is king in his own home.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 272 Ladino
El diamante briya ma fin al kavo es piedra

The diamond shines, but in the end it is a stone.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 273 Ladino
Tu pan no me arto, tu palavra me kontento

Your bread does not fill me; your word contents me.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 274 Ladino
Lo izo el echo komo su kara

He did the deed just like his face.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 275 Ladino
Para el bien se kere sensya i para el mal pasensya

For doing good you need knowledge, and for enduring bad you need patience.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 276 Ladino
El selo no kome el korason, kome los guesos

Jealousy does not eat the heart; it eats the bones.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 277 Ladino
La buena mansana se la kome el guzano

The worm eats the good apple.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 278 Ladino
Ken aze paz entre marido i mujer merese Ganeden

Whoever makes peace between husband and wife deserves Paradise.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 279 Ladino
No ay en el mundo amiga komo la madre

There is no friend in the world like a mother.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 280 Ladino
La mujer i el vino kitan al ombre del tino

Woman and wine make a man lose his senses.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 281 Ladino
Ken mokos manda,bavas resive

Whoever sends snot receives drool (you get back what you give).

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 282 Ladino
Si mi padre no me kaza le komo la kaza

If my father doesn't marry me off, I'll eat up the house.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 283 Ladino
A la mujer paridera del aver se le apega

Wealth/good fortune sticks to a woman who bears many children.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 284 Ladino
Esfuegra i ermuera son amigas solo en pintura

Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are friends only in a painting.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 285 Ladino
La Kriyatura kayendo krese

The child grows by falling.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 286 Ladino
Si mi Vava teniya barva iva ser mi Papu

If my grandmother had a beard, she would be my grandfather.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 287 Ladino
Ken tiene ijos de kazar i en Shabat deve de lavorar

Whoever has children to marry off must work even on Shabbat.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 288 Ladino
Ken no kaye no se alavanta

He who does not fall does not get up.

79 Nov 2026
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