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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
El ke avla sembra i el ke eskucha arekoje

He who speaks sows, and he who listens reaps.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 452 Ladino
Mil kandelas no azen un sol

A thousand candles do not make a sun.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 453 Ladino
Antes de kazar la muchacha tiene siete brasos i una boka, despues de kazar tiene un braso i siete bokas

Before marriage a girl has seven arms and one mouth; after marriage she has one arm and seven mouths.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 454 Ladino
El Dio ke moz de vidas por ver maz maraviyas

May God give us life to see more wonders.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 455 Ladino
Ken tiene kaza de vidro no echa piedra al vizino

Whoever has a glass house does not throw stones at the neighbor.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 456 Ladino
Es bueno tomar bendisyon de padre i de madre

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

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 457 Ladino
El melon i la mujer son muy kolay a eskojer, ama el karpuz i el ombre no son

Melon and woman are very easy to choose, but watermelon and man are not.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 458 Ladino
La moneda tapa la korkova

Money covers the hump.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 459 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.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 460 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.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 461 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.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 462 Ladino
Me se izo todo kale i duvar

Everything became a fortress and a wall to me.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 463 Ladino
La mujer eskasa mete al marido por ekskuza

The stingy woman uses her husband as an excuse.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 464 Ladino
Leon ke esta durmiyendo, no lo espertes

Do not wake a sleeping lion.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 465 Ladino
La mansevez es una ves i solo el ke la goza save lo ke es

Youth comes once, and only he who enjoys it knows what it is.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 466 Ladino
El pan de la vizina es una milizina

The neighbor's bread is a medicine.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 467 Ladino
Avaz sin aroz es komo boda sin tanyedor

Beans without rice are like a wedding without a musician.

79 Nov 2026
Refrán № 468 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son unos

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

79 Nov 2026
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