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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 8
El mal i el bien en la kara se ven Good and evil show on the face.
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Refrán № 73 Ladino
Agua arovada es mas dulse

Stolen water is sweeter.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 74 Ladino
La verdad sale de la boka del loko i de la kreatura

The truth comes out of the mouth of the madman and of the child.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 75 Ladino
El avlar muncho aze la boka grande

Talking a lot makes the mouth big.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 76 Ladino
Para tomar boka de oro, para pagar kanyo kon lodo

To take, a mouth of gold; to pay, a pipe full of mud.

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 77 Ladino
Bushka otro perro para este gueso

Look for another dog for this bone.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 78 Ladino
Como el vino son los amores, cuanto mas viejos son mas mijores

Love is like wine: the older, the better.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 79 Ladino
Un sako de aroz una ava

A sack of rice, one bean.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 80 Ladino
Akontese en un punto lo ke no akontese en mil anyos

What happens in a moment does not happen in a thousand years.

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 81 Ladino
El ke adova la gotera adova la kaza entera

He who fixes the leak fixes the whole house.

50 Nov 2026
Refrán № 82 Ladino
Mijor kazar kon una prove ke pelear kon una rika

Better to marry a poor woman than to fight with a rich one.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 83 Ladino
Poko saver, poko mal tener

The less you know, the less trouble you have.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 84 Ladino
El ojo kome mas ke la boka

The eye eats more than the mouth.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 85 Ladino
Las bokas de la djente no son ridomas ke las puedas tapar

People's mouths are not jars you can cover.

335 Nov 2026
Refrán № 86 Ladino
La vida es un biskocho, ken la kome krudo ken kocho

Life is a biscuit: some eat it raw, some baked.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 87 Ladino
Ni para en bolsa, ni dulsuria en boka

Neither money in the purse nor sweetness in the mouth.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 88 Ladino
La ida esta en mi mano la vinida no se kuando

The going is in my hand; the coming back, I don't know when.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 89 Ladino
Pasar al gameo por el ojo de la alguja

To pass the camel through the eye of the needle.

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 90 Ladino
No deshes en manos de otros a azer lo ke ya puedes azer tu mizmo

Do not leave to others what you can already do yourself.

54 Nov 2026
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