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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 № 451 Ladino
Ni la novya ni la tela no se miran a la kandela

You don't look at a bride nor at a lace in a candlelight.

97 Nov 2026
Refrán № 452 Ladino
Ni mierkoles sin sol, ni ija sin amor

No Wednesday without sun, no daughter without love.

97 Nov 2026
Refrán № 453 Ladino
Ni Mierkoles sin sol, ni ija sin amor, ni bivda sin dolor

Neither a Wednesday without sun, nor a daughter without love, nor a widow without pain.

86 Nov 2026
Refrán № 454 Ladino
Ni novya sin sejas ni boda sin keshas

Neither a bride without eyebrows nor a wedding without complaints.

97 Nov 2026
Refrán № 455 Ladino
Ni novya sin velo ni mujer sin selo

Neither a bride without a veil nor a wife without jealousy.

95 Nov 2026
Refrán № 456 Ladino
Ni para en bolsa, ni dulsuria en boka

Neither money in the purse nor sweetness in the mouth.

97 Nov 2026
Refrán № 457 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 № 458 Ladino
Ninguno ke no manke de su kaza

No one who is not missing from his own home.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 459 Ladino
No avles mal del dia asta ke no anochese

Don't speak ill of the day until night has fallen.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 460 Ladino
No avles mal del dia asta ke no anochese.

Don't talk ill of the day as long as it doesn't get dark.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 461 Ladino
No ay amigo en el mundo mas ke la madre

There is no friend in the world but the mother.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 462 Ladino
No ay en el mundo amiga komo la madre

There is no friend in the world like a mother.

91 Nov 2026
Refrán № 463 Ladino
No ay mas savio ke del lo ke pasa

No one is wiser than one who has been through it.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 464 Ladino
No ay mas sodro del ke no kere oyir

There is no one deafer than he who does not want to hear.

89 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 465 Ladino
No ay mijor madre de la ke te paryo

There is no better mother than the one who gave birth to you.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 466 Ladino
No ay ombre sin solombra

There is no man without a shadow (a flaw).

115 Nov 2026
Refrán № 467 Ladino
No deshes en manos de otros a azer lo ke ya puedes azer tu mizmo

Do not leave to others what you can already do yourself.

77 Nov 2026
Refrán № 468 Ladino
No eskupes al pozo ke bevites de su agua

Do not spit into the well from whose water you have drunk.

80 1 Nov 2026
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