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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 № 451 Ladino
Ay kayades, ija va naser

Be quiet, a daughter is about to be born. (uncertain)

94 Nov 2026
Refrán № 452 Ladino
El es pedo en chini

He is a fart in porcelain (a nobody, worthless). (uncertain, idiom)

95 Nov 2026
Refrán № 453 Ladino
Moz izo hadras i baranas

He made us into rags and tatters (ruined us). (uncertain)

104 Nov 2026
Refrán № 454 Ladino
El Dio ke moz guadre de kaza i de dorama

May God protect us from the house and from the "dorama". (uncertain)

94 Nov 2026
Refrán № 455 Ladino
El mokozo se burla del tinyozo

The snotty one mocks the scabby one (the pot calling the kettle black).

101 Nov 2026
Refrán № 456 Ladino
Para el bien se kere sensya i para el mal pasensya

For doing good you need knowledge, and for enduring bad you need patience.

82 Nov 2026
Refrán № 457 Ladino
Bien ke no se vendio en su tiempo, te vende a ti

Even though he didn't sell out in his own time, he will sell you out. (uncertain)

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 458 Ladino
La ke se alava kon su boka es loka

He who praises himself with his own mouth is a fool.

133 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 459 Ladino
La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save

A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know.

399 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 460 Ladino
De boka a boka se va fin a Roma

From mouth to mouth, one gets all the way to Rome (by asking, you can find your way anywhere).

529 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 461 Ladino
Dos gayos en una kaza no kaven

Two roosters don't fit in one house.

133 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 462 Ladino
El lugar del ombre es la plasa i de la mujer es la kaza

A man's place is the square (marketplace) and a woman's place is the home.

104 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 463 Ladino
El eskaso no tiene deskanso

The needy have no rest.

100 Nov 2026
Refrán № 464 Ladino
La mujer es komo la uva, kuando se aruga se aze mas dulse i mas savroza

A woman is like a grape: when she wrinkles, she becomes sweeter and tastier.

99 Nov 2026
Refrán № 465 Ladino
El korason no esta siempre de akordo kon el meoyo

The heart is not always in agreement with the brain.

99 Nov 2026
Refrán № 466 Ladino
Si no ay pasensya no ay erensya

If there is no patience, there is no inheritance.

107 Nov 2026
Refrán № 467 Ladino
A karne dura diente agudo

Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth.

148 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 468 Ladino
El ganar i el pedrer son haverim

Gaining and losing are companions.

108 1 Nov 2026
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