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Stories, songs, proverbs in five languages, blog posts and photo galleries.
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Ladino Proverbs: The Centuries-Old Wisdom of Sephardic Culture
Discover Ladino proverbs with explanations in Turkish, English, French, Hebrew, Arabic and Greek. Read the wisdom of Sephardic culture in six languages.
- “ Refrán Ken tiene grandeza se kaye de kavesa Whoever has greatness falls on his head (pride comes before a fall).
- “ Refrán Shavdo en la meza Salado en la kavesa Bland at the table, salty in the head.
- “ Refrán Azno kayado por savyo kontado A silent donkey is counted as wise.
- “ Refrán No ay mas savio ke del lo ke pasa No one is wiser than one who has been through it.
- “ Refrán No te burles del d'enfrente, ke te viene a la kavesa Do not mock the one across from you, for it will come to your head.
- “ Refrán El savyo es el ke se ambeza una koza de kada persona The wise one is he who learns something from every person.
- “ Refrán La mujer i el vino kitan al ombre del tino Woman and wine make a man lose his senses.
- “ Refrán El peshe fiele de la kavesa The fish rots from the head.
- “ Refrán Kuando una mujer se le yela el korason, se le sana la kavesa When a woman's heart freezes, her head gets cured.
- “ Refrán En la kayida de tu enemigo no te alegres, ke te viene a la kavesa D'ont be happy with the fall of your enemy,the same could happen to you.
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The Ladino Language: Its History, Origins, Speakers and Place Today
Ladino is not only a means of communication but a historic language that carries centuries of migration, cultural memory and communal identity.