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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 № 397 Ladino
Mil kandelas no azen un sol

A thousand candles do not make a sun.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 398 Ladino
El ke entra al banyo sin sudar no sale

Whoever enters the bathhouse does not leave without sweating.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 399 Ladino
Nada se alkansa sin dolor

Nothing is achieved without pain.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 400 Ladino
La gana ke tengo de baylar, tienes tu de lavorar

The desire I have to dance, you should have to work.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 401 Ladino
Una puerta se serra i sien se avren

One door closes and a hundred open.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 402 Ladino
Tiempo pedrido nunka se topa

Lost time is never found.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 403 Ladino
Mirate, ke te mire El Dio

Look at yourself, so that God may look at you.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 404 Ladino
Oy friyo amanyana kalor, el ijo mos salyo buen hamor

Cold today, heat tomorrow; our son has turned out good-humored.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 405 Ladino
El ojo kome mas ke la boka

The eye eats more than the mouth.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 406 Ladino
El ke no tiene ke azer se toma kon su mujer

He who has nothing to do quarrels with his wife.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 407 Ladino
El tiempo vale mas ke la moneda

Time is worth more than money.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 408 Ladino
El pan tugerto la lumbre lo enderecha

The fire straightens crooked bread.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 409 Ladino
El melon i la mujer son muy kolay a eskojer, ama el karpuz i el ombre no son

Melon and woman are very easy to choose, but watermelon and man are not.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 410 Ladino
No importa las veses ke te kayes, si no las veses ke te levantes

It does not matter how many times you fall, but how many times you get up.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 411 Ladino
No te echez al pozo kon la kuedra de otroz - Kedaz en el pozo

Do not throw yourself into the well with another's rope, or you will stay in the well.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 412 Ladino
Ambre i friyo entregan al ombre al enemigo

Hunger and cold deliver a man into the hands of the enemy.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 413 Ladino
El Dio ke moz guadre de kaza i de ora mala

May God keep us safe at home and from the evil hour.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 414 Ladino
Ninguno ke no manke de su kaza

No one who is not missing from his own home.

77 Nov 2026
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