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Ladino proverbs

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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 № 433 Ladino
Ermuera dolor de muela

A daughter-in-law is a toothache.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 434 Ladino
La sangre no se aze agua

Blood does not turn into water.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 435 Ladino
Echa un gueso al perro para ke no ladre

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

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 436 Ladino
Kuando el ambre entra por la puerta, el amor sale por la ventana

When hunger comes in through the door, love goes out through the window.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 437 Ladino
El ke adova la gotera adova la kaza entera

He who fixes the leak fixes the whole house.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 438 Ladino
Kon soplar no se amata el fuego

Blowing does not put out the fire.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 439 Ladino
Aze palos para ke te aharven

You make sticks so that they beat you.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 440 Ladino
El sapatero no tiene sapatos

The cobbler has no shoes.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 441 Ladino
Tiene la mano muy avierta

He has a very open hand.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 442 Ladino
Asegun te ven, ansina te tratan

As they see you, so they treat you.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 443 Ladino
La moneda tapa la korkova

Money covers the hump.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 444 Ladino
Ke vale el ojo avierto si el korason es siego

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

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 445 Ladino
Lo ke es la reyna para el rey, es la mujer para el marido

What the queen is to the king, the wife is to the husband.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 446 Ladino
Ni la esfuegra puede ser madre ni la ermuera ija

A mother-in-law can't be a mother, nor a daughter-in-law a daughter.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 447 Ladino
La mujer eskasa mete al marido por ekskuza

The stingy woman uses her husband as an excuse.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 448 Ladino
Kada dia no es boda

Every day is not a wedding.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 449 Ladino
La mansevez es una vez ken la perye loko es

Youth comes once; whoever wastes it is a fool.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 450 Ladino
La mentira tiene piezes kurtos

Lies have short legs.

83 Nov 2026
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