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- “ Refrán Ken mete kara toma marido i kaza, ken no, keda en kaza Whoever dares gets a husband and a home; whoever doesn't, stays at home (fortune favors the bold).
- “ Refrán Maldisyon sin razon se va a su patron A curse without reason goes back to its master.
- “ Refrán Yerros de kazados ke no sepan vizindados The faults of married couples should not be known to the neighbors.
- “ Refrán El ke se mete a bever no konta los vazos He who starts drinking doesn't count the glasses.
- “ 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 gato aspera mujer chapachula i puerta avierta The cat waits for a sloppy woman and an open door. (uncertain)
- “ Refrán Kuando ombre i mujer kazan se eskapa su romansa i sus istorya empesa When a man and a woman marry, their romance ends and their (real) story begins.
- “ Refrán La tierra vale tanto, komo el ombre ke la lavora The land is worth as much as the man who works it.
- “ Refrán Ken no gusto amargura no puede apresiar lo dulse Whoever has not tasted bitterness cannot appreciate sweetness.
- “ Refrán El ombre es mas fuerte ke la piedra i mas delikado ke la roza Man is stronger than stone and more delicate than a rose.
- “ Refrán Fruta de oy, pan de ayer, karne de antiyer, vino de un anyo antes, azen el ombre sano Today's fruit, yesterday's bread, the day-before-yesterday's meat and last year's wine make a man healthy.
- “ Refrán Si no ay kalor en el nido lo bushka afuera el marido If there is no warmth in the nest, the husband looks for it outside.
- “ Refrán Kuento de kaza no sale a la plasa Household matters don't go out to the square (don't air your dirty laundry).
- “ Refrán Lavoro empesado no se mostra ni a esfuegra, ni a kunyada, ni a vizina ayreada Unfinished work should not be shown to the mother-in-law, the sister-in-law, or the nosy neighbor. (uncertain: "ayreada")
- “ Refrán Mira la madre, toma la ija Look at the mother, take the daughter (like mother, like daughter).
- “ Refrán Mijor ser solo ke mal akompanyado Better to be alone than in bad company.
- “ Refrán Kuando ase luvia yoran los sielos i riye la tierra When it rains, the skies weep and the earth laughs.
- “ Refrán Tu marido ke te kera komo la sal A husband who loves you like salt (dearly, as something essential). (uncertain)
- “ Refrán Lentejas... Si keres las komes i si no las deshas Lentils... if you want, you eat them, and if not, you leave them (take it or leave it).
- “ Refrán El ke emprestado viste, en medyo de la kaleja lo disvisten He who wears borrowed clothes gets undressed in the middle of the street.
- “ Refrán La mujer puede trokar la kolor de su pelo, ama nunka no puede trokar el karakter de su selo A woman can change the color of her hair, but she can never change the character of her jealousy.
- “ Refrán Aze bien, no mires a ken Do good, don't look at whom.
- “ Refrán El padre peka, al ijo se le apega The father sins, and it sticks to the son.
- “ Refrán Madre miya mi kerida, para ke me parites My dear mother, why did you give birth to me?
- “ Refrán Bivas, engrandeskas i kreskas komo un peshiko an aguas freskas. Amen May you live, grow and flourish like a little fish in fresh waters. Amen.
- “ Refrán El peshe fiele de la kavesa The fish rots from the head.
- “ Refrán Tornaron kon los mokos enkolgados They came back with their snot hanging (i.e., dejected / empty-handed).
- “ Refrán La okazyon aze al ladron Opportunity makes the thief.
- “ Refrán El melon i la mujer son muy kolay a eskojer, ama el karpuz i el ombre no son Melon and woman are very easy to choose, but watermelon and man are not.
- “ Refrán Moneda se gana kon moneda Money is earned with money.
- “ Refrán El riyo pasa la arena keda The river passes, the sand remains.
- “ Refrán El shastre haragan piedre la alguja i el dedal The lazy tailor loses the needle and the thimble.
- “ Refrán No traves la kuedra muncho ke se aranka Don't pull the rope too hard or it will snap.
- “ Refrán Al enemigo azelo amigo Turn the enemy into a friend.
- “ Refrán El gameo no ve su korkova The camel doesn't see its own hump.
- “ Refrán Kara tuerta ventura derecha Crooked face, straight fortune.
- “ Refrán A la boka serrada no entra moshka No fly enters a closed mouth.
- “ Refrán Despues ke la perdio su valor supo Only after he lost it did he know its value.
- “ Refrán El Dio aprova a los buenos a padre aresentado da ijo alokado God tests the good: to a settled father he gives a crazy son.
- “ Refrán Hijos no tiene, inyetos le yoran He has no children, yet grandchildren cry for him.
- “ Refrán Kada uno en su kaza i El Dio en la de todos Each one in his own house, and God in everyone's.
- “ Refrán El ke da un groshiziko tanye el chufletiko He who gives a little coin plays the little whistle (he who pays calls the tune).
- “ Refrán Ambre i friyo entregan al ombre al enemigo Hunger and cold deliver a man into the hands of the enemy.
- “ Refrán El mokozo se burla del tinyozo The snotty one mocks the scabby one (the pot calling the kettle black).
- “ Refrán Para el bien se kere sensya i para el mal pasensya For doing good you need knowledge, and for enduring bad you need patience.
- “ Refrán Bien ke no se vendio en su tiempo, te vende a ti Even though he didn't sell out in his own time, he will sell you out. (uncertain)
- “ Refrán La madre kon la ija komo piedra en aniyo Mother and daughter are like a stone in a ring (inseparable, a precious bond).
- “ Refrán Estate kon los ke modren i no kon los ke se modrieron Stay with those who bite, not with those who have been bitten.
- “ Refrán Sol i luvya anyos de artura Sun and rain, years of abundance.
- “ Refrán Tanto grita el ladron ke se espanta el patron The thief shouts so loudly that the owner gets frightened.
- “ Refrán El ke bien te kere te aze yorar He who loves you well makes you cry (tough love).
- “ Refrán Ya Avlo ya lo espajo Now I've spoken, now I've cleared it up. (uncertain)
- “ Refrán Mal yevando bien esperando Enduring the bad, hoping for the good.
- “ Refrán Moz Dieron agua de pozo They gave us well water. (uncertain, possibly idiomatic)
- “ Refrán Ijos no tengo inyetos me yoran I have no children, yet grandchildren cry for me.
- “ Refrán Kedimos ariento las aguas We remained beside the waters. (uncertain)
- “ Refrán La estreya ke le briya May his star shine (a blessing / wish for good luck).
- “ Refrán Esta la tripa en la nariz The gut is up in the nose (he is fed up, has had enough). (uncertain, idiom)
- “ Refrán La estreya ke le kayga May his star fall (a curse / wish for bad luck).
- “ Refrán Ay kayades, ija va naser Be quiet, a daughter is about to be born. (uncertain)
- “ Refrán El es pedo en chini He is a fart in porcelain (a nobody, worthless). (uncertain, idiom)
- “ Refrán Moz izo hadras i baranas He made us into rags and tatters (ruined us). (uncertain)
- “ Refrán El Dio ke moz guadre de kaza i de dorama May God protect us from the house and from the "dorama". (uncertain)
- “ Refrán La ke se alava kon su boka es loka He who praises himself with his own mouth is a fool.
- “ Refrán La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know.
- “ Refrán De boka a boka se va fin a Roma From mouth to mouth, one gets all the way to Rome (by asking, you can find your way anywhere).
- “ Refrán Dos gayos en una kaza no kaven Two roosters don't fit in one house.
- “ Refrán El lugar del ombre es la plasa i de la mujer es la kaza A man's place is the square (marketplace) and a woman's place is the home.
- “ Refrán El eskaso no tiene deskanso The needy have no rest.
- “ Refrán La mujer es komo la uva, kuando se aruga se aze mas dulse i mas savroza A woman is like a grape: when she wrinkles, she becomes sweeter and tastier.
- “ Refrán El korason no esta siempre de akordo kon el meoyo The heart is not always in agreement with the brain.
- “ Refrán Si no ay pasensya no ay erensya If there is no patience, there is no inheritance.
- “ Refrán A karne dura diente agudo Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth.
- “ Refrán El ganar i el pedrer son haverim Gaining and losing are companions.
- “ Refrán La mujer buena la kaza yena A good woman fills the house.
- “ Refrán Detras de kada mujer komicha ay un ombre haragan i tembel ke la kita loka Behind every nagging woman is a lazy, idle man who drives her crazy.
- “ Refrán No ay ombre sin solombra There is no man without a shadow (a flaw).
- “ Refrán En kazal sin perros la djente kaminan sin palos In a village without dogs, people walk without sticks.
- “ Refrán Para dizir todo a la kara, se kere boka emprestada To say everything to someone's face, you need a borrowed mouth.
- “ Refrán Ken oye a la djente se kita de la mujer Whoever listens to people ends up leaving his wife.
- “ Refrán Mas vale la piedra del amigo ke de la mansana del enemigo A stone from a friend is better than an apple from an enemy.
- “ Refrán La mujer baylando el marido yorando The wife dances while the husband cries.
- “ Refrán La mujer destruyedera vazya del marido la aldikera A wasteful wife empties her husband's pocket.
- “ Refrán Kresen los ijos, pujan las ansias As the children grow, the worries grow.
- “ Refrán Kada uno es rey en su kaza Everyone is king in his own home.
- “ Refrán Si de tu novya izites tu mujer, aze tambien te tu mujer tu novya If you made your bride your wife, make your wife your bride too.
- “ Refrán El pan tugerto la lumbre lo enderecha The fire straightens crooked bread.
- “ Refrán Marido en kaza dolor de keshada A husband at home is a pain in the jaw.
- “ Refrán El ke no oye a su mujerika se trava la orejika He who doesn't listen to his dear wife gets his little ear pulled.
- “ 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 Komo yo eredi de mis padres i tu vas a eredar de mi As I inherited from my parents, you will inherit from me.
- “ Refrán Maldision sin razon torna a su patron A curse without cause returns to its owner.
- “ Refrán De una roza no se aze korona A crown is not made from a single rose.
- “ Refrán Lo ke no te agrada no lo agas al denfrente Don't do to the one in front of you what you don't like yourself.
- “ Refrán 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.
- “ Refrán Ni novya sin velo ni mujer sin selo Neither a bride without a veil nor a wife without jealousy.
- “ Refrán Ombre muerto no aze gerra A dead man makes no war.
- “ Refrán Mijor es tomar ombre sin paras, ke paras sin ombre Better to marry a man without money than money without a man.
- “ Refrán La mujer no es kamiza ke se troka A woman is not a shirt to be changed.
- “ Refrán Mala la madre, mala la ija, mala la kolcha ke las kuvija Bad the mother, bad the daughter, bad the quilt that covers them.
- “ Refrán Boka dulse avre puertas de fierro A sweet mouth opens iron doors.
- “ Refrán El novyo es muy ermozo, komo el gato enganyozo The groom is very handsome, like the deceitful cat.
- “ Refrán La agua pasa, el lodo keda The water goes but the mud stays
- “ Refrán Si no saves nadar ke bushkas en el borde del mar If you can't swim what are you doing at the seaside.
- “ Refrán Kuando los echos avlan, las palavras sovran When the work talks,words are unnecessary.
- “ Refrán No le mires la kara, mirale la grasya When the work talks,words are unnecessary.
- “ Refrán Akel se yama alegre i kontente, el ke tiene plazer del prospero del d’enfrente Don't look at his face,look at his grace.
- “ Refrán Mil penseryos no pagan una devda A thousand worries do not pay a debt.
- “ Refrán De tal palo tala estiya, de tal padre tal ijo From such a tree, such a splinter; like father, like son.
- “ Refrán Tripa vaziya korason sin alegria An empty belly, a heart without joy.
- “ Refrán El amor es dolor de kulo ke no desha durmir a dinguno Love is a pain in the backside that lets no one sleep.
- “ Refrán La ke amariyo vistyo de su ermozura se trivio She who dressed in yellow dared (to show) her beauty.
- “ Refrán No importa las veses ke te kayes, si no las veses ke te alevantas It doesn't matter how many times you fall, but how many times you get up.
- “ Refrán No ay mas sodro del ke no kere oyir There is no one deafer than he who does not want to hear.
- “ Refrán Pan i kezo i la kara riente Bread and cheese and a smiling face.
- “ Refrán Todos los dedos de la mano no son uno All the fingers of the hand are not the same.
- “ Refrán El lovo i la oveja viyenen en konseja The wolf and the sheep come together in council.
- “ Refrán Riyir kon todos, yorar solos Laugh with everyone, cry alone.
- “ Refrán Vende Pipinos vende halva ma no asperes nedava Sell seeds, sell halva, but do not wait for charity.
- “ Refrán En la vida kale desfrutar de kada momento, no solo sobrevivir In life you must enjoy every moment, not just survive.
- “ Refrán Lo ke ven los ojos, no se olvida el korason What the eyes see, the heart does not forget.
- “ Refrán El Leon se konose de la unya The lion is known by its claw.
- “ Refrán Las ideas son komo pulgas, saltan de uno al otro ma no pikan a todos Ideas are like fleas: they jump from one person to another, but they don't bite everyone.
- “ Refrán Para ke se vaya al fregon, ke se vaya al garon Rather than let it go to the pest, let it go to the lad/man.
- “ Refrán El ken del otro aspera ambierto keda Whoever expects from others stays hungry.
- “ Refrán El ken kere lo muncho perye i lo poko He who wants a lot loses both the much and the little.
- “ Refrán En kada kaza i en kada kashon ay un dolor de korason In every house and in every drawer there is a heartache.
- “ Refrán Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas The years I have lived, I will not live again.
- “ Refrán A la haragana de noche le viene la gana The lazy woman feels like working at night.
- “ Refrán Ande no ay Madre no ay ni Padre Where there is no mother, there is no father either.
- “ Refrán Le prometyeron a Rahel, le dyeron a Lea They promised him Rachel, they gave him Leah.
- “ Refrán Mas le das kara, mas demanda The more you give face (indulge), the more (s)he demands.
- “ Refrán Lo mio es tuyo i lo tuyo es mio What is mine is yours and what is yours is mine.
- “ Refrán La kaza no save ni riko ni prove The house knows neither rich nor poor.
- “ Refrán Esta una savor de chupar los dedos It is a flavor to lick your fingers.
- “ Refrán Kuando el gato no esta baylan los ratones When the cat is away, the mice dance.
- “ Refrán Es mijor un pasharo en la mano ke sien bolando A bird in the hand is better than a hundred flying.
- “ Refrán Sin disiplina no ay milizina There's no medicine without discipline.
- “ Refrán Kon paras los mudos kantan Money makes mutes sing too.
- “ Refrán Ni la novya ni la tela no se miran a la kandela You don't look at a bride nor at a lace in a candlelight.
- “ Refrán Alevantar demprano, despertar al mazal Getting up early to wake up luck.
- “ Refrán No lo yames yerno fista ke tenga el aniyo en el dedo Do not call him a son in law till he has the ring on his finger.
- “ Refrán El Dio ke moz guadre de vizino malo i de ayre de burako May God protect us from a bad neiighbour and from a draught.
- “ Refrán Ni bivda sin dolor, ni ija sin amor Neither a widow without pain nor a girl without love.
- “ Refrán La mujer aze, La mujer dezaze A woman makes, a woman destroys.
- “ Refrán Mas vale poko ke nada It's better a little than nothing.
- “ Refrán Padre i Madre es una vez Father and Mother is only once.
- “ Refrán Las desgrasias nunka no vienen solas Disasters never come alone.
- “ Refrán El Dio da muez al ke no tiene dientes God gives nuts to the toothless one.
- “ Refrán Bivas, engrandeskas i kreskas komo un peshiko an aguas freskas May you live,bring up and grow like the little fish in sweet waters.
- “ Refrán Todo lo ganado es para el garon All the earnings is for the throat.
- “ Refrán Ande ay amor ay dolor Where there's love there's pain.
- “ Refrán Ni un dedo aze mano, ni una golondrina enverano One finger doesn't make a hand nor a swallow summer.
- “ Refrán Sin lavar la kara ya empeso kon sus hohentas Before washing his face he starts nagging.
- “ Refrán Kualo vale la moneda kuando la persona no esta buena What's money worth when a person isn't well.
- “ Refrán Dame godrura te dare ermozura Give me fat and I'll give you beauty.
- “ 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.
- “ Refrán El ke bien te kere, en la kara te lo dize Whoever loves you well,tells it to your face.
- “ Refrán El buen pleto traye buena paz A good fight brings a good peace.
- “ Refrán Ni al kantador dile kanta ni al baylador dile bayla D'ont ask a singer to sing nor a dancer to dance.
- “ Refrán Pesa el plomo, pesa el oro, pesa al ombre mas ke todo Do weigh up the lead,the gold,most of all weigh up the man.
- “ Refrán Etchalo al mazalozo a la mar i va tornar kon una perla en la boka Throw a lucky man into the sea and he'll come back with a pearl in his mouth.
- “ Refrán Asta ke aboltas la kara, va pasar el tiempo By the time you turn your face,time will pass