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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 № 91 Ladino
A la haragana de noche le viene la gana

The lazy woman feels like working at night.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 92 Ladino
Lo mio es tuyo i lo tuyo es mio

What is mine is yours and what is yours is mine.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 93 Ladino
Un ombre sin amigo es komo la mano derecha sin la siedra

A man without a friend is like the right hand without the left.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 94 Ladino
Al enemigo azelo amigo

Turn the enemy into a friend.

76 Nov 2026
Refrán № 95 Ladino
Sol i luvya anyos de artura

Sun and rain, years of abundance.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 96 Ladino
Abasha eskalon toma mujer,suve eskalon toma haver

Step down a rung to take a wife, step up a rung to take a friend/partner.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 97 Ladino
Las desgrasias nunka no vienen solas

Disasters never come alone.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 98 Ladino
El Leon se konose de la unya

The lion is known by its claw.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 99 Ladino
Mas le das kara, mas demanda

The more you give face (indulge), the more (s)he demands.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 100 Ladino
La kaza no save ni riko ni prove

The house knows neither rich nor poor.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 101 Ladino
Ni novya sin velo ni mujer sin selo

Neither a bride without a veil nor a wife without jealousy.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 102 Ladino
Kara tuerta ventura derecha

Crooked face, straight fortune.

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 103 Ladino
El ke da un groshiziko tanye el chufletiko

He who gives a little coin plays the little whistle (he who pays calls the tune).

75 Nov 2026
Refrán № 104 Ladino
La madre kon la ija komo piedra en aniyo

Mother and daughter are like a stone in a ring (inseparable, a precious bond).

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 105 Ladino
Ya Avlo ya lo espajo

Now I've spoken, now I've cleared it up. (uncertain)

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 106 Ladino
Ay kayades, ija va naser

Be quiet, a daughter is about to be born. (uncertain)

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 107 Ladino
El es pedo en chini

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

74 Nov 2026
Refrán № 108 Ladino
Los lokos i los ninyos dizen la verdad

Fools and children tell the truth.

74 Nov 2026
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