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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 10
Si no ay pasensya no ay erensya If there is no patience, there is no inheritance.
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Refrán № 541 Ladino
No avles mal del dia asta ke no anochese

Don't speak ill of the day until night has fallen.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 542 Ladino
Si de tu novya izites tu mujer, aze tambien te tu mujer tu novya

If you made your bride your wife, make your wife your bride too.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 543 Ladino
De la mujer i del vizino nada no keda guadrado

From a wife and a neighbor, nothing stays hidden.

83 Nov 2026
Refrán № 544 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 № 545 Ladino
La mujer destruyedera vazya del marido la aldikera

A wasteful wife empties her husband's pocket.

82 Nov 2026
Refrán № 546 Ladino
Marido en kaza dolor de keshada

A husband at home is a pain in the jaw.

82 Nov 2026
Refrán № 547 Ladino
La madre es el sol de la kaza

The mother is the sun of the home.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 548 Ladino
Las madres suyas en una kuedra enkolgavan el lavado

Their mothers used to hang the washing on the same line.

80 Nov 2026
Refrán № 549 Ladino
El amigo del buen tiempo se troka kon el tiempo

The fair-weather friend changes with the weather.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 550 Ladino
Kaza kon sol no vijita el doktor

A house with sun is not visited by the doctor.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 551 Ladino
La kandela del prove se derite kontando la moneda del riko

The poor man's candle melts while counting the rich man's money.

78 Nov 2026
Refrán № 552 Ladino
No avles mal del dia asta ke no anochese.

Don't talk ill of the day as long as it doesn't get dark.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 553 Ladino
Lo karo es barato

What is expensive is cheap (quality costs more but pays off).

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 554 Ladino
Mas vale un asno ke me yeva, ke un kavayo ke me echa.

Better a donkey that carries me than a horse that throws me.

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 555 Ladino
Mas vale kayer en un rio furiente, ke en la boka de la dgente.

It is better to fall in a raging river than into gossiping mouths.

73 Nov 2026
Refrán № 556 Ladino
El bostezo va de boka en boka, komo el vino de bota en bota.

Yawning goes from mouth to mouth, like wine from boot to boot.

71 Nov 2026
Refrán № 557 Ladino
Si mala es la kulpa, mas mala es la diskulpa.

If  the fault is bad, worse is the apology.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 558 Ladino
Kuando el amigo kere, no ay manyana

When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow.

53 Nov 2026
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