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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 haham por ande kere bolta la ojika

The hakham turns the page wherever he wants.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 470 Ladino
Marido selozo no tiene repozo

A jealous husband has no rest.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 471 Ladino
En la kayida de tu enemigo no te alegres, ke te viene a la kavesa

D'ont be happy with the fall of your enemy,the same could happen to you.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 472 Ladino
Bushka otro perro para este gueso

Look for another dog for this bone.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 473 Ladino
Amigos i ermanos seremos, ma las bolsas no tokaremos

Friends and brothers we will be, but we will not touch each other's purses.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 474 Ladino
Los ermanos se konosen kuando se reparta la erensya

Brothers get to know each other when the inheritance is divided.

81 Nov 2026
Refrán № 475 Ladino
El ke avla la verdad pedre la amistad

He who speaks the truth loses friendship.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 476 Ladino
Ninguno ke no manke de su kaza

No one who is not missing from his own home.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 477 Ladino
La ija en la fasha, el ashugar en la kasha

The daughter in swaddling clothes, the trousseau in the chest.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 478 Ladino
El ke atrapa la kola del leon ke tenga kudyado i no solte

Whoever grabs the lion's tail must be careful and not let go.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 479 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.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 480 Ladino
A la bien kazada se le ve de la kara

You can tell a happily married woman by her face.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 481 Ladino
El mal i el bien en la kara se ven

Good and evil show on the face.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 482 Ladino
El dia el mas malo de la muchacha es el dia el maz bueno de la kazada

The worst day of the unmarried girl is the best day of the married woman.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 483 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
Refrán № 484 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.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 485 Ladino
El ke avla sembra i el ke eskucha arekoje

He who speaks sows, and he who listens reaps.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 486 Ladino
Para tomar boka de oro, para pagar kanyo kon lodo

To take, a mouth of gold; to pay, a pipe full of mud.

80 Nov 2026
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