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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 № 343 Ladino
No se inche ni una kashkara de alviana

Not even a pea pod gets filled.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 344 Ladino
Al riko, kon salud i kon vida. Al prove de ande te vino

To the rich man, "with health and life"; to the poor man, "where did it come to you from?"

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 345 Ladino
Kon soplar no se amata el fuego

Blowing does not put out the fire.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 346 Ladino
El ke fuye de la luvia enkontra el pedrisko

He who flees from the rain meets the hail.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 347 Ladino
El amor es temporario komo el ayre del enverano pasa i se va

Love is temporary, like the winter wind: it passes and goes.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 348 Ladino
Kada gayo kanta en su gayinero

Every rooster crows in his own henhouse.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 349 Ladino
Estomago ambierto no tiene orejas

A hungry stomach has no ears.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 350 Ladino
Echa un gueso al perro ke no ladre

Throw a bone to the dog so that it does not bark.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 351 Ladino
Ande ay vida, ay esperansa

Where there is life, there is hope.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 352 Ladino
Los ijos se konosen kuando los paryentes se envejesen

Children are known when their parents grow old.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 353 Ladino
El Dio ke me guadre de mis amigos i yo de mis enemigos

May God protect me from my friends, and I from my enemies.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 354 Ladino
Ande no ay amor, no ay dolor

Where there is no love, there is no pain.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 355 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 № 356 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 № 357 Ladino
Kada dia no es boda

Every day is not a wedding.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 358 Ladino
Shavdo en la meza Salado en la kavesa

Bland at the table, salty in the head.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 359 Ladino
Mas vale un azno ke me yeva, ke un kavayo ke me echa

Better a donkey that carries me than a horse that throws me.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 360 Ladino
Muevos reyes, muevas leyes

New kings, new laws.

79 Nov 2026
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