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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 3
Tripa vaziya korason sin alegria An empty belly, a heart without joy.
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  1. 1 Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas The years I have lived, I will not live again. 2451Hot
  2. 2 La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know. 1410
  3. 3 La ke se alava kon su boka es loka He who praises himself with his own mouth is a fool. 501
Refrán № 01 Ladino
Madre miya mi kerida, para ke me parites

My dear mother, why did you give birth to me?

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
El peshe fiele de la kavesa

The fish rots from the head.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
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.

9 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
La ke se alava kon su boka es loka

He who praises himself with his own mouth is a fool.

50 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
Tornaron kon los mokos enkolgados

They came back with their snot hanging (i.e., dejected / empty-handed).

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
La okazyon aze al ladron

Opportunity makes the thief.

12 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
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.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
Moneda se gana kon moneda

Money is earned with money.

8 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
El riyo pasa la arena keda

The river passes, the sand remains.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
El shastre haragan piedre la alguja i el dedal

The lazy tailor loses the needle and the thimble.

8 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
No traves la kuedra muncho ke se aranka

Don't pull the rope too hard or it will snap.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
Al enemigo azelo amigo

Turn the enemy into a friend.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
El gameo no ve su korkova

The camel doesn't see its own hump.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
Kara tuerta ventura derecha

Crooked face, straight fortune.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
A la boka serrada no entra moshka

No fly enters a closed mouth.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save

A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know.

141 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
Aze bien, no mires a ken

Do good, don't look at whom.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Despues ke la perdio su valor supo

Only after he lost it did he know its value.

10 Nov 2026
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