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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 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 № 325 Ladino
Mas vale etcharse sin senar ke de alevantarse kon devda

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

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 326 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 № 327 Ladino
Gaste de boda no se aze kada dia

Wedding expenses are not made every day.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 328 Ladino
Ken tiene bragas no kamina dizmudo

He who has trousers does not walk about naked.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 329 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 № 330 Ladino
Kamina kon buenos, te azeras uno de eyos

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

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 331 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 № 332 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 № 333 Ladino
El haham por ande kere bolta la ojika

The hakham turns the page wherever he wants.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 334 Ladino
Todo lo ganado es para el garon

All the earnings is for the throat.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 335 Ladino
El ke tiene moneda i no la goza, al otro mundo no arepoza

He who has money and does not enjoy it will not rest in the other world.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 336 Ladino
Ken arekoje migas se mete maniyas

Whoever gathers crumbs acquires skills.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 337 Ladino
Mas vale tener onor en la plaza ke paras en la kasha

Better to have honor in the square than money in the chest.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 338 Ladino
El ke muncho eskoje lo pudrido kome

He who is too picky eats the rotten.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 339 Ladino
Eskucha a los viejos, saven dar buen konsejo

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

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 340 Ladino
Etcha un pedaso de pan en la mar, algun dia lo toparas

Throw a piece of bread into the sea; someday you will find it.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 341 Ladino
Kon soplar no se amata el fuego

Blowing does not put out the fire.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 342 Ladino
Kada gayo kanta en su gayinero

Every rooster crows in his own henhouse.

79 Nov 2026
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