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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 № 361 Ladino
Kada gayo kanta en su gayinero

Every rooster crows in his own henhouse.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 362 Ladino
Estomago ambierto no tiene orejas

A hungry stomach has no ears.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 363 Ladino
Ande ay vida, ay esperansa

Where there is life, there is hope.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 364 Ladino
Los vizinos son mas ke parientes i mas ke primos

Neighbors are more than relatives and more than cousins.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 365 Ladino
El riyo pasa la arena keda

The river passes, the sand remains.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 366 Ladino
En espalda de otro, la karga es livyana

On another's back, the load is light.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 367 Ladino
Tu marido ke te kera komo la sal

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

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 368 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.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 369 Ladino
Vestir al uzo, Komer al gusto

Dress according to custom, eat according to taste.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 370 Ladino
Kamina kon buenos, te azeras uno de eyos

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

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 371 Ladino
No ay mijor madre de la ke te paryo

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

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 372 Ladino
El padre kon el ijo komo piedra en aniyo

Father and son are like a stone in a ring.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 373 Ladino
El diya ke no barri vino el kien no asperi

The day I did not sweep, the one I did not expect came.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 374 Ladino
El pueder es kerer

To be able is to want.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 375 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.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 376 Ladino
El haham por ande kere bolta la ojika

The hakham turns the page wherever he wants.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 377 Ladino
De la boka tuya ke vaya a los oyidos Del Dio

From your mouth to God's ears.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 378 Ladino
Todo lo ganado es para el garon

All the earnings is for the throat.

80 Nov 2026
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