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Ladino proverbs

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Refrán del día · November 8
El mal i el bien en la kara se ven Good and evil show on the face.
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Refrán № 37 Ladino
La mujer buena la kaza yena

A good woman fills the house.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 38 Ladino
Mas vale la piedra del amigo ke de la mansana del enemigo

A stone from a friend is better than an apple from an enemy.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 39 Ladino
Ombre muerto no aze gerra

A dead man makes no war.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 40 Ladino
Tanto grita el ladron ke se espanta el patron

The thief shouts so loudly that the owner gets frightened.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 41 Ladino
Ken mete kara toma marido i kaza, ken no, keda en kaza

Whoever dares gets a husband and a home; whoever doesn't, stays at home (fortune favors the bold).

74 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 42 Ladino
Ken no gusto amargura no puede apresiar lo dulse

Whoever has not tasted bitterness cannot appreciate sweetness.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 43 Ladino
Ni al kantador dile kanta ni al baylador dile bayla

D'ont ask a singer to sing nor a dancer to dance.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 44 Ladino
Riyir kon todos, yorar solos

Laugh with everyone, cry alone.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 45 Ladino
El eskaso no tiene deskanso

The needy have no rest.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 46 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.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 47 Ladino
El es pedo en chini

He is a fart in porcelain (a nobody, worthless). (uncertain, idiom)

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 48 Ladino
La tierra vale tanto, komo el ombre ke la lavora

The land is worth as much as the man who works it.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 49 Ladino
Lentejas... Si keres las komes i si no las deshas

Lentils... if you want, you eat them, and if not, you leave them (take it or leave it).

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 50 Ladino
Ni mierkoles sin sol, ni ija sin amor

No Wednesday without sun, no daughter without love.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 51 Ladino
Kuando los echos avlan, las palavras sovran

When the work talks,words are unnecessary.

73 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 52 Ladino
La ke amariyo vistyo de su ermozura se trivio

She who dressed in yellow dared (to show) her beauty.

73 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 53 Ladino
A la haragana de noche le viene la gana

The lazy woman feels like working at night.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 54 Ladino
El korason no esta siempre de akordo kon el meoyo

The heart is not always in agreement with the brain.

73 Nov 2026
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