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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 № 469 Ladino
El sapatero no tiene sapatos

The cobbler has no shoes.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 470 Ladino
El Dio ke moz de vidas por ver maz maraviyas

May God give us life to see more wonders.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 471 Ladino
Es bueno tomar bendisyon de padre i de madre

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

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 472 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 № 473 Ladino
Marido haham i merkader, allegria de la mujer

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

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 474 Ladino
Mas valen dientes ke parientes

Teeth are worth more than relatives.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 475 Ladino
La fortuna tiene dos pieses, kon el uno viene i kon el otro se va

Fortune has two feet: with one it comes and with the other it goes.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 476 Ladino
Maz vale vizino serkano ke ermano leshano

Better a near neighbor than a distant brother.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 477 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 № 478 Ladino
Pishkado i musafires por dos dias, el treser se guelen

Fish and guests for two days, the third day they stink.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 479 Ladino
La miel no se izo para la boka del azno

Honey was not made for the donkey's mouth.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 480 Ladino
El buey tiene la aluenga larga, ma avlar no save

The ox has a long tongue, but does not know how to speak.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 481 Ladino
El ke adova la gotera adova la kaza entera

He who fixes the leak fixes the whole house.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 482 Ladino
Poko saver, poko mal tener

The less you know, the less trouble you have.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 483 Ladino
Tiene la mano muy avierta

He has a very open hand.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 484 Ladino
El shastre haragan piedre la alguja i el dedal

The lazy tailor loses the needle and the thimble.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 485 Ladino
Kada uno en su kaza i El Dio en la de todos

Each one in his own house, and God in everyone's.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 486 Ladino
La moneda tapa la korkova

Money covers the hump.

83 Nov 2026
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