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Ladino proverbs

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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 № 343 Ladino
Oygan tus oyidos lo ke dize tu boka

May your ears hear what your mouth says.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 344 Ladino
Eskrito esta en la palma lo ke va pasar la alma

What will happen to the soul is written in the palm.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 345 Ladino
Madrasta el nombre ya abasta

For a stepmother, the name alone is enough.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 346 Ladino
La sangre no se aze agua

Blood does not turn into water.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 347 Ladino
El ke entra al banyo sin sudar no sale

Whoever enters the bathhouse does not leave without sweating.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 348 Ladino
El Dio es tadrozo ma no es olvidozo

God is slow, but He is not forgetful.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 349 Ladino
El ke emprestado viste lo dezmudan en medyo la kaleja

He who wears borrowed clothes gets stripped in the middle of the street.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 350 Ladino
La verdad sale de la boka del loko i de la kreatura

The truth comes out of the mouth of the madman and of the child.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 351 Ladino
Antes ke te kazes mira lo ke azes

Before you marry, look at what you are doing.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 352 Ladino
Tiene la mano muy avierta

He has a very open hand.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 353 Ladino
Ken tiene kaza de vidro no echa piedra al vizino

Whoever has a glass house does not throw stones at the neighbor.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 354 Ladino
Fue una topadura de kosfuegros

It was a meeting of in-laws.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 355 Ladino
Los kazados se konosen en el divorsyo

Married couples get to know each other in divorce.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 356 Ladino
Sako vaziyo no keda en pies

An empty sack does not stand upright.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 357 Ladino
Ay unos ke molinan kafe i ay otroz ke molinan agua

There are those who grind coffee and those who grind water.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 358 Ladino
Ke vale el ojo avierto si el korason es siego

What is an open eye worth if the heart is blind?

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 359 Ladino
Este kezo para este pan

This cheese for this bread.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 360 Ladino
Leon ke esta durmiyendo, no lo espertes

Do not wake a sleeping lion.

11 Nov 2026
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