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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
No traves la kuedra muncho ke se aranka Don't pull the rope too hard or it will snap.
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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. 1450
  3. 3 La ke se alava kon su boka es loka He who praises himself with his own mouth is a fool. 511
Refrán № 01 Ladino
Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas

The years I have lived, I will not live again.

245 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save

A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know.

145 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
La ke se alava kon su boka es loka

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

51 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
A karne dura diente agudo

Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth.

47 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
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.

35 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
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.

34 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
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.

34 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
Kon paras los mudos kantan

Money makes mutes sing too.

33 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
Dos gayos en una kaza no kaven

Two roosters don't fit in one house.

33 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
De tal palo tala estiya, de tal padre tal ijo

From such a tree, such a splinter; like father, like son.

31 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
El eskaso no tiene deskanso

The needy have no rest.

30 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
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.

30 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
El korason no esta siempre de akordo kon el meoyo

The heart is not always in agreement with the brain.

30 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

29 3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
No ay ombre sin solombra

There is no man without a shadow (a flaw).

28 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
Kuando los echos avlan, las palavras sovran

When the work talks,words are unnecessary.

27 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
Mil penseryos no pagan una devda

A thousand worries do not pay a debt.

27 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
La ke amariyo vistyo de su ermozura se trivio

She who dressed in yellow dared (to show) her beauty.

27 1 Nov 2026
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