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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
Ambre i friyo entregan al ombre al enemigo

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

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 452 Ladino
Le salyo un panariz al punto de la nariz

A whitlow came out on the very tip of his nose.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 453 Ladino
Ke vale el ojo avierto si el korason es siego

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

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 454 Ladino
La bolsa yena, presto se aze la sena

When the purse is full, dinner is soon made.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 455 Ladino
Kuando ombre i mujer kazan se eskapa su romansa i sus istorya empesa

When a man and a woman marry, their romance ends and their (real) story begins.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 456 Ladino
Maz vale vizino serkano ke ermano leshano

Better a near neighbor than a distant brother.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 457 Ladino
A la bien kazada se le ve de la kara

You can tell a happily married woman by her face.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 458 Ladino
El ijo de la gata ratones mata

The cat's son kills mice.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 459 Ladino
Lo ke te aze tu mano no te lo aze ni tu ermano

What your own hand does for you, not even your brother will do for you.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 460 Ladino
Ni un dedo aze mano, ni una golondrina enverano

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

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 461 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 № 462 Ladino
La justisia es la alma del mundo

Justice is the soul of the world.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 463 Ladino
El ke adova la gotera adova la kaza entera

He who fixes the leak fixes the whole house.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 464 Ladino
Aze palos para ke te aharven

You make sticks so that they beat you.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 465 Ladino
El sapatero no tiene sapatos

The cobbler has no shoes.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 466 Ladino
Tiene la mano muy avierta

He has a very open hand.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 467 Ladino
Es bueno tomar bendisyon de padre i de madre

It is good to receive the blessing of father and mother.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 468 Ladino
Marido haham i merkader, allegria de la mujer

A husband who is a hakham and a merchant is the joy of the wife.

83 Nov 2026
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