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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
Estomago ambierto no tiene orejas

A hungry stomach has no ears.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 362 Ladino
Kada uno save ande apreta el kalsado

Everyone knows where the shoe pinches.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 363 Ladino
El tiempo vale mas ke la moneda

Time is worth more than money.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 364 Ladino
La butika aze kaza, la kaza no aze butika

The shop makes the house; the house does not make the shop.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 365 Ladino
La limpyeza es medya rikeza

Cleanliness is half of wealth.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 366 Ladino
La aluenga no tiene gueso ma rompe gueso

The tongue has no bone, but it breaks bone.

78 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 367 Ladino
Los ijos se konosen kuando los paryentes se envejesen

Children are known when their parents grow old.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 368 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.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 369 Ladino
Le salyo un panariz al punto de la nariz

A whitlow came out on the very tip of his nose.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 370 Ladino
Ninguno ke no manke de su kaza

No one who is not missing from his own home.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 371 Ladino
Ke vale el ojo avierto si el korason es siego

What is an open eye worth if the heart is blind?

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 372 Ladino
Kuando ombre i mujer kazan se eskapa su romansa i sus istorya empesa

When a man and a woman marry, their romance ends and their (real) story begins.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 373 Ladino
Pleto entre marido i mujer, la kolcha deve de venser

In a quarrel between husband and wife, the bedspread must win.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 374 Ladino
La mansevez es una vez ken la perye loko es

Youth comes once; whoever wastes it is a fool.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 375 Ladino
Sekreto entre dos es sekreto Del Dio,Sekreto entre tres es sekreto de todos

A secret between two is God's secret; a secret between three is everyone's secret.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 376 Ladino
Avaz sin aroz es komo boda sin tanyedor

Beans without rice are like a wedding without a musician.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 377 Ladino
El ijo de la gata ratones mata

The cat's son kills mice.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 378 Ladino
Eskrito esta en la palma lo ke va pasar la alma

What will happen to the soul is written in the palm.

77 Nov 2026
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