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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 № 289 Ladino
No ay mas savio ke del lo ke pasa

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

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 290 Ladino
Ni mierkoles sin sol, ni ija sin amor

No Wednesday without sun, no daughter without love.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 291 Ladino
Kon la esperansa todo se alkansa

With hope, everything is attained.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 292 Ladino
Toka oro se le aze lodo

Whatever he touches, gold turns to mud.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 293 Ladino
No save las bragas atar i se kere kazar

He doesn't know how to tie his trousers, yet he wants to marry.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 294 Ladino
La mentira tiene piezes kurtos

Lies have short legs.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 295 Ladino
El bien no es konosido asta ke no es perdido

Good is not recognized until it is lost.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 296 Ladino
De enfrente del oro, la plata vale poko

Next to gold, silver is worth little.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 297 Ladino
Yerno komo el sol de invierno

A son-in-law is like the winter sun.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 298 Ladino
Mas vale ser ijo de un prove, ke esklavo de un riko

Better to be the son of a poor man than the slave of a rich man.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 299 Ladino
Vender espejos en el kazal de siegos

Selling mirrors in the village of the blind.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 300 Ladino
Poko tura la alegria en la kaza del kumardji

Joy lasts little in the gambler's house.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 301 Ladino
Uno korta la roza, el otro la goza

One cuts the rose, the other enjoys it.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 302 Ladino
Lagrimas de mujer valen muncho i kostan poko

A woman's tears are worth a lot and cost little.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 303 Ladino
En kada kaza i en kada kashon, ay una dolor de korason

In every house and in every drawer, there is a heartache.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 304 Ladino
Ninguno ke no manke de su kaza

No one who is not missing from his own home.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 305 Ladino
La bolsa yena, presto se aze la sena

When the purse is full, dinner is soon made.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 306 Ladino
Ni la esfuegra puede ser madre ni la ermuera ija

A mother-in-law can't be a mother, nor a daughter-in-law a daughter.

13 Nov 2026
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