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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 № 127 Ladino
Si mi Vava teniya barva iva ser mi Papu

If my grandmother had a beard, she would be my grandfather.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 128 Ladino
El ke bien se kere en poko lugar kave

Those who love each other fit in a small place.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 129 Ladino
Ken tiene ijos de kazar i en Shabat deve de lavorar

Whoever has children to marry off must work even on Shabbat.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 130 Ladino
Ken no tiene meoyo tiene pachas

He who has no brains has trotters.

67 Nov 2026
Refrán № 131 Ladino
El mundo es redondo i ken no save nadar se va al ondo

The world is round, and whoever cannot swim sinks to the bottom.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 132 Ladino
Ken rey es, de la kara se le ve

Whoever is a king, it shows in his face.

63 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 133 Ladino
Al Kavayo sarnozo le viene la moshka

Flies come to the mangy horse (misfortune attracts more misfortune).

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 134 Ladino
Muere pato,muere arto

Let the duck die, let the fed-up one die (said when one is past caring about the consequences).

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 135 Ladino
La vida es komo un espejo, komo miras te vez

Life is like a mirror: as you look, so you see yourself.

65 Nov 2026
Refrán № 136 Ladino
La mansevez es una ves i solo el ke la goza save lo ke es

Youth comes once, and only he who enjoys it knows what it is.

53 Nov 2026
Refrán № 137 Ladino
El pan de la vizina es una milizina

The neighbor's bread is a medicine.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 138 Ladino
Gaste de boda no se aze kada dia

Wedding expenses are not made every day.

59 Nov 2026
Refrán № 139 Ladino
Esfuegra i ermuera son amigas solo en pintura

Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are friends only in a painting.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 140 Ladino
No tomes kaza toma vizino

Do not take a house, take a neighbor.

58 Nov 2026
Refrán № 141 Ladino
Ken mira a la djente no bive kontente

He who looks at other people does not live content.

61 Nov 2026
Refrán № 142 Ladino
El ke no kere kazar demanda muncho ashugar

He who does not want to marry demands a big trousseau.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 143 Ladino
Detras de kada ombre ke reushe ay una mujer

Behind every successful man there is a woman.

57 Nov 2026
Refrán № 144 Ladino
Ken vende el sol merka la kandela

He who sells the sun buys the candle.

58 Nov 2026
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