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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 № 109 Ladino
Pasensya es pan i sensia

Patience is bread and knowledge.

68 Nov 2026
Refrán № 110 Ladino
No eskupes al pozo ke bevites de su agua

Do not spit into the well from whose water you have drunk.

54 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 111 Ladino
El ganar i el peryer son ermanos

Winning and losing are brothers.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 112 Ladino
Lo ke te aze tu mano no te lo aze ni tu ermano

What your own hand does for you, not even your brother will do for you.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 113 Ladino
Ken kere muncho pedre i lo poko

He who wants too much loses even the little.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 114 Ladino
El korason no tiene arrugas

The heart has no wrinkles.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 115 Ladino
Madrasta el nombre ya abasta

For a stepmother, the name alone is enough.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 116 Ladino
Ni Mierkoles sin sol, ni ija sin amor, ni bivda sin dolor

Neither a Wednesday without sun, nor a daughter without love, nor a widow without pain.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 117 Ladino
Maz vale vizino serkano ke ermano leshano

Better a near neighbor than a distant brother.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 118 Ladino
El bien no es konosido asta ke no es perdido

Good is not recognized until it is lost.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 119 Ladino
Es mijor ser mosa en tu kaza, ke mosa de la djente

It is better to be a maid in your own house than a maid for strangers.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 120 Ladino
Ken esta kon kavras lo komen los lovos

Whoever stays with goats is eaten by wolves.

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 121 Ladino
La madre mokoza alava a su ija la tinyoza

The snotty mother praises her scabby daughter.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 122 Ladino
Lo ke izites kon tus padres de tus ijos esperes

What you did to your parents, expect from your children.

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 123 Ladino
Mas vale verguensa en kara, ke dolor de korason

Better shame on the face than pain in the heart.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 124 Ladino
Aharva el kulo ke no pedo

Beat the backside so that it won't fart.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 125 Ladino
Kuando fui ermuera no topi esfuegra i kuando fui esfuegra no topi ermuera

When I was a daughter-in-law I found no mother-in-law, and when I was a mother-in-law I found no daughter-in-law.

60 Nov 2026
Refrán № 126 Ladino
La mansana el mal sana

The apple heals illness.

53 Nov 2026
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