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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 № 487 Ladino
De una roza no se aze korona

A crown is not made from a single rose.

97 Nov 2026
Refrán № 488 Ladino
Lo ke no te agrada no lo agas al denfrente

Don't do to the one in front of you what you don't like yourself.

95 Nov 2026
Refrán № 489 Ladino
Un ombre sin amigo es komo la mano derecha sin la siedra

A man without a friend is like the right hand without the left.

93 Nov 2026
Refrán № 490 Ladino
Ni novya sin velo ni mujer sin selo

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

95 Nov 2026
Refrán № 491 Ladino
Ombre muerto no aze gerra

A dead man makes no war.

106 Nov 2026
Refrán № 492 Ladino
Mijor es tomar ombre sin paras, ke paras sin ombre

Better to marry a man without money than money without a man.

108 Nov 2026
Refrán № 493 Ladino
La mujer no es kamiza ke se troka

A woman is not a shirt to be changed.

91 Nov 2026
Refrán № 494 Ladino
Mala la madre, mala la ija, mala la kolcha ke las kuvija

Bad the mother, bad the daughter, bad the quilt that covers them.

106 Nov 2026
Refrán № 495 Ladino
Boka dulse avre puertas de fierro

A sweet mouth opens iron doors.

95 Nov 2026
Refrán № 496 Ladino
El novyo es muy ermozo, komo el gato enganyozo

The groom is very handsome, like the deceitful cat.

84 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 497 Ladino
La agua pasa, el lodo keda

The water goes but the mud stays

114 Nov 2026
Refrán № 498 Ladino
Si no saves nadar ke bushkas en el borde del mar

If you can't swim what are you doing at the seaside.

89 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 499 Ladino
Kuando los echos avlan, las palavras sovran

When the work talks,words are unnecessary.

102 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 500 Ladino
No le mires la kara, mirale la grasya

When the work talks,words are unnecessary.

92 Nov 2026
Refrán № 501 Ladino
Akel se yama alegre i kontente, el ke tiene plazer del prospero del d’enfrente

Don't look at his face,look at his grace.

107 3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 502 Ladino
Mil penseryos no pagan una devda

A thousand worries do not pay a debt.

126 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 503 Ladino
De tal palo tala estiya, de tal padre tal ijo

From such a tree, such a splinter; like father, like son.

100 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 504 Ladino
Tripa vaziya korason sin alegria

An empty belly, a heart without joy.

104 1 Nov 2026
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