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Ladino proverbs

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Refrán del día · November 9
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.
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Refrán № 307 Ladino
Tu pan no me arto, tu palavra me kontento

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

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 308 Ladino
Lo izo el echo komo su kara

He did the deed just like his face.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 309 Ladino
Ay unos ke molinan kafe i ay otroz ke molinan agua

There are those who grind coffee and those who grind water.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 310 Ladino
La buena mansana se la kome el guzano

The worm eats the good apple.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 311 Ladino
Tu marido ke te kera komo la sal

A husband who loves you like salt (dearly, as something essential). (uncertain)

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 312 Ladino
La mujer i el vino kitan al ombre del tino

Woman and wine make a man lose his senses.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 313 Ladino
Ken mokos manda,bavas resive

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

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 314 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 № 315 Ladino
Gaste de boda no se aze kada dia

Wedding expenses are not made every day.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 316 Ladino
Muere pato,muere arto

Let the duck die, let the fed-up one die (said when one is past caring about the consequences).

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 317 Ladino
Ken tiene bragas no kamina dizmudo

He who has trousers does not walk about naked.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 318 Ladino
Ken tiene grandeza se kaye de kavesa

Whoever has greatness falls on his head (pride comes before a fall).

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 319 Ladino
Ken no kaye no se alavanta

He who does not fall does not get up.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 320 Ladino
Lo ke no te agredese no lo agas al denfrente

Do not do to another's face what does not please you.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 321 Ladino
Kamina kon buenos, te azeras uno de eyos

Walk with the good, and you will become one of them.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 322 Ladino
No ay mijor madre de la ke te paryo

There is no better mother than the one who gave birth to you.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 323 Ladino
Ni Mierkoles sin sol, ni ija sin amor, ni bivda sin dolor

Neither a Wednesday without sun, nor a daughter without love, nor a widow without pain.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 324 Ladino
El haham por ande kere bolta la ojika

The hakham turns the page wherever he wants.

79 Nov 2026
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