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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
Dime ken es tu amigo i te dire ken sos tu Tell me who your friend is and I will tell you who you are.
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Refrán № 415 Ladino
La mentira tiene piezes kurtos

Lies have short legs.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 416 Ladino
Maz vale vizino serkano ke ermano leshano

Better a near neighbor than a distant brother.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 417 Ladino
Ken tiene ijos de kazar i en Shabat deve de lavorar

Whoever has children to marry off must work even on Shabbat.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 418 Ladino
Avaz sin aroz es komo boda sin tanyedor

Beans without rice are like a wedding without a musician.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 419 Ladino
Karas vemos korasones no konosemos

We see faces, we do not know hearts.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 420 Ladino
La bien kazada es la ke no tiene ni esfuegra ni kunyada

The happily married woman is the one who has neither a mother-in-law nor a sister-in-law.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 421 Ladino
La mujer aze, La mujer dezaze

A woman makes, a woman destroys.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 422 Ladino
La miel no se izo para la boka del azno

Honey was not made for the donkey's mouth.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 423 Ladino
Ni un dedo aze mano, ni una golondrina enverano

One finger doesn't make a hand nor a swallow summer.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 424 Ladino
Ken arekoje migas se mete maniyas

Whoever gathers crumbs acquires skills.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 425 Ladino
El selo pudre los guesos

Jealousy rots the bones.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 426 Ladino
El ke muncho eskoje lo pudrido kome

He who is too picky eats the rotten.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 427 Ladino
Tiempo pedrido nunka se topa

Lost time is never found.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 428 Ladino
Mirate, ke te mire El Dio

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

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 429 Ladino
Eskucha a los viejos, saven dar buen konsejo

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

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 430 Ladino
No se inche ni una kashkara de alviana

Not even a pea pod gets filled.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 431 Ladino
El tiempo kura todo

Time heals everything.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 432 Ladino
La alma desea lo ke ve el ojo

The soul desires what the eye sees.

83 Nov 2026
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