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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 5
Los ke kaminan en el kamino derecho kaminan en el kamino estrecho Those who walk the straight path walk the narrow path.
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Refrán № 271 Ladino
Kuando el ambre entra por la puerta, el amor sale por la ventana

When hunger comes in through the door, love goes out through the window.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 272 Ladino
Bushka otro perro para este gueso

Look for another dog for this bone.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 273 Ladino
Akontese en un punto lo ke no akontese en mil anyos

What happens in a moment does not happen in a thousand years.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 274 Ladino
Un pan en el sesto ni arto ni ambierto

One loaf in the basket: neither full nor hungry.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 275 Ladino
Oy friyo amanyana kalor, el ijo mos salyo buen hamor

Cold today, heat tomorrow; our son has turned out good-humored.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 276 Ladino
Kon una dada no se parte un lenyo

A log is not split with one blow.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 277 Ladino
El diamante briya ma fin al kavo es piedra

The diamond shines, but in the end it is a stone.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 278 Ladino
Los vizinos son mas ke parientes i mas ke primos

Neighbors are more than relatives and more than cousins.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 279 Ladino
Todos los ombres adoran a un solo Dio, ma el ambisiozo de moneda, a dos

All men worship one God, but the one greedy for money worships two.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 280 Ladino
La aluenga no tiene gueso ma rompe gueso

The tongue has no bone, but it breaks bone.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 281 Ladino
Kon la esperanza todo se alkansa

With hope, everything is achieved.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 282 Ladino
En espalda de otro, la karga es livyana

On another's back, the load is light.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 283 Ladino
El ojo ve, la alma desea

The eye sees, the soul desires.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 284 Ladino
La moneda tapa la korkova

Money covers the hump.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 285 Ladino
El amigo del buen tiempo se troka kon el tiempo

The fair-weather friend changes with the weather.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 286 Ladino
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")

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 287 Ladino
El ombre sembra, el ijo fragua i el inyeto se lo goza

The man sows, the son builds, and the grandson enjoys it.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 288 Ladino
No ay mas savio ke del lo ke pasa

No one is wiser than one who has been through it.

14 Nov 2026
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