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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.
Refrán № 19 Ladino
La mujer buena la kaza yena

A good woman fills the house.

27 Nov 2026
Refrán № 20 Ladino
Si no ay pasensya no ay erensya

If there is no patience, there is no inheritance.

26 Nov 2026
Refrán № 21 Ladino
La agua pasa, el lodo keda

The water goes but the mud stays

25 Nov 2026
Refrán № 22 Ladino
El ganar i el pedrer son haverim

Gaining and losing are companions.

25 Nov 2026
Refrán № 23 Ladino
Es mijor un pasharo en la mano ke sien bolando

A bird in the hand is better than a hundred flying.

24 Nov 2026
Refrán № 24 Ladino
Ni bivda sin dolor, ni ija sin amor

Neither a widow without pain nor a girl without love.

23 Nov 2026
Refrán № 25 Ladino
Si no saves nadar ke bushkas en el borde del mar

If you can't swim what are you doing at the seaside.

23 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 26 Ladino
Tripa vaziya korason sin alegria

An empty belly, a heart without joy.

23 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 27 Ladino
Mas vale la piedra del amigo ke de la mansana del enemigo

A stone from a friend is better than an apple from an enemy.

23 Nov 2026
Refrán № 28 Ladino
Maldision sin razon torna a su patron

A curse without cause returns to its owner.

23 Nov 2026
Refrán № 29 Ladino
Mas vale poko ke nada

It's better a little than nothing.

22 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 30 Ladino
El Dio da muez al ke no tiene dientes

God gives nuts to the toothless one.

22 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 31 Ladino
Kualo vale la moneda kuando la persona no esta buena

What's money worth when a person isn't well.

22 Nov 2026
Refrán № 32 Ladino
Pesa el plomo, pesa el oro, pesa al ombre mas ke todo

Do weigh up the lead,the gold,most of all weigh up the man.

22 Nov 2026
Refrán № 33 Ladino
El Dio ke moz guadre de vizino malo i de ayre de burako

May God protect us from a bad neiighbour and from a draught.

22 Nov 2026
Refrán № 34 Ladino
El amor es dolor de kulo ke no desha durmir a dinguno

Love is a pain in the backside that lets no one sleep.

22 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 35 Ladino
No importa las veses ke te kayes, si no las veses ke te alevantas

It doesn't matter how many times you fall, but how many times you get up.

22 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 36 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son uno

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

22 Nov 2026
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