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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 № 487 Ladino
El shastre haragan piedre la alguja i el dedal

The lazy tailor loses the needle and the thimble.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 488 Ladino
El ke tuvo ambre bivyo i el ke tuvo friyo muryo

He who was hungry lived, and he who was cold died.

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 489 Ladino
Los ermanos se konosen kuando se reparta la erensya

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

85 Nov 2026
Refrán № 490 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 № 491 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.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 492 Ladino
Mas valen dientes ke parientes

Teeth are worth more than relatives.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 493 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 № 494 Ladino
El bien no es konosido asta ke no es perdido

Good is not recognized until it is lost.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 495 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 № 496 Ladino
Esfuegra ni de barrio buena

No mother-in-law is good, not even one from a good neighborhood.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 497 Ladino
La miel no se izo para la boka del azno

Honey was not made for the donkey's mouth.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 498 Ladino
El selo pudre los guesos

Jealousy rots the bones.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 499 Ladino
Poko saver, poko mal tener

The less you know, the less trouble you have.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 500 Ladino
Poko ke seya, mio ke seya

Be it little, let it be mine.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 501 Ladino
Tiene la mano muy avierta

He has a very open hand.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 502 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 № 503 Ladino
La moneda tapa la korkova

Money covers the hump.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 504 Ladino
El perro se burla del lovo viejo

The dog mocks the old wolf.

83 Nov 2026
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