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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 № 325 Ladino
El amor es temporario komo el ayre del enverano pasa i se va

Love is temporary, like the winter wind: it passes and goes.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 326 Ladino
En vezes la kura es mas mala ke la hazinura

Sometimes the cure is worse than the illness.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 327 Ladino
Echa un gueso al perro ke no ladre

Throw a bone to the dog so that it does not bark.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 328 Ladino
La muerte no save ni riko ni prove

Death knows neither rich nor poor.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 329 Ladino
Los ermanos se konosen kuando se reparta la erensya

Brothers get to know each other when the inheritance is divided.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 330 Ladino
El ojo kome mas ke el estomago

The eye eats more than the stomach.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 331 Ladino
La kaza es un pozo ke no decha repozo

The house is a well that gives no rest.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 332 Ladino
No ay en el mundo amiga komo la madre

There is no friend in the world like a mother.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 333 Ladino
Mujer ke save Latin,no tiene ni marido ni buena fin

A woman who knows Latin has neither a husband nor a good end.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 334 Ladino
El pan de la vizina es una milizina

The neighbor's bread is a medicine.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 335 Ladino
Shavdo en la meza Salado en la kavesa

Bland at the table, salty in the head.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 336 Ladino
Ken al sielo eskupe, a la kara le kaye

Whoever spits at the sky, it falls on his face.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 337 Ladino
La madre mokoza alava a su ija la tinyoza

The snotty mother praises her scabby daughter.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 338 Ladino
A la bien kazada se le ve de la kara

You can tell a happily married woman by her face.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 339 Ladino
Si Moshe Muryo, Adonay kedo

If Moses died, God remained (people are mortal; God endures).

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 340 Ladino
El ke no kere ver es siego

He who doesn't want to see is blind.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 341 Ladino
El dia el mas malo de la muchacha es el dia el maz bueno de la kazada

The worst day of the unmarried girl is the best day of the married woman.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 342 Ladino
No moz decho lados de riyir

He left us no room to laugh.

12 Nov 2026
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