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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 № 523 Ladino
Poko saver, poko mal tener

The less you know, the less trouble you have.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 524 Ladino
Tiene la mano muy avierta

He has a very open hand.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 525 Ladino
Ken tiene kolcha i no se kuvija, no es de agedear.

A person who has a quilt but won't use it deserves no pity.

84 Nov 2026
Refrán № 526 Ladino
La moneda tapa la korkova

Money covers the hump.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 527 Ladino
La bien kazada es la ke no tiene ni esfuegra ni kunyada

The happily married woman is the one who has neither a mother-in-law nor a sister-in-law.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 528 Ladino
La verdad es el ijo del Dio, la mentira es ija del diavlo

Truth is the son of God; the lie is the daughter of the devil.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 529 Ladino
Kuando da el padre da al ijo, riye el padre riye el ijo i kuando da el ijo al padre yora el ijo yora el padre

When the father gives to the son, the father laughs and the son laughs; and when the son gives to the father, the son cries and the father cries.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 530 Ladino
Si te kayes siete vezes, alevantate ocho

If you fall seven times, get up eight.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 531 Ladino
No ay amigo en el mundo mas ke la madre

There is no friend in the world but the mother.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 532 Ladino
No te burles del d'enfrente, ke te viene a la kavesa

Do not mock the one across from you, for it will come to your head.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 533 Ladino
La mujer puede trokar la kolor de su pelo, ama nunka no puede trokar el karakter de su selo

A woman can change the color of her hair, but she can never change the character of her jealousy.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 534 Ladino
El korason es de vidro, si se rompe no se adova

The heart is made of glass; if it breaks, it cannot be mended.

82 Nov 2026
Refrán № 535 Ladino
Todo pasa la mancha keda

Everything passes, the stain remains.

82 Nov 2026
Refrán № 536 Ladino
Azno kon oro alkansa todo

A donkey with gold reaches everything.

82 Nov 2026
Refrán № 537 Ladino
Luz de la kaye oskuridad de la kaza

Light in the street, darkness in the house.

82 Nov 2026
Refrán № 538 Ladino
La mujer es komo la uva, si la miraz bueno se aze vino i si no la miraz bueno se aze vinagre

A woman is like a grape: if you treat her well she becomes wine, and if you do not treat her well she becomes vinegar.

82 Nov 2026
Refrán № 539 Ladino
Ermozura de mujer no enrikese al ombre

A woman's beauty does not enrich a man.

82 Nov 2026
Refrán № 540 Ladino
De la mujer i del vizino nada no keda guadrado

From a wife and a neighbor, nothing stays hidden.

81 Nov 2026
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