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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 № 361 Ladino
Detras de kada ombre ke reushe ay una mujer

Behind every successful man there is a woman.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 362 Ladino
Ken se kaza i fragua El Dio lo apiyada

God takes pity on whoever marries and builds.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 363 Ladino
La vida es una avika, kuando blandika i kuando durika

Life is a little bean: sometimes soft, sometimes hard.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 364 Ladino
Si el emprestimo era bueno, el rey emprestava a su mujer

If lending were good, the king would lend his wife.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 365 Ladino
Ken no tiene ermana no tiene nada

Whoever has no sister has nothing.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 366 Ladino
Lo ke no te agredese no lo agas al denfrente

Do not do to another's face what does not please you.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 367 Ladino
Marido selozo no tiene repozo

A jealous husband has no rest.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 368 Ladino
Todo lo ke briya no es oro

All that glitters is not gold.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 369 Ladino
Kunyadika Kulevrika

Little sister-in-law, little snake.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 370 Ladino
Agua arovada es mas dulse

Stolen water is sweeter.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 371 Ladino
Mijor kazar kon una prove ke pelear kon una rika

Better to marry a poor woman than to fight with a rich one.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 372 Ladino
La vida es un biskocho, ken la kome krudo ken kocho

Life is a biscuit: some eat it raw, some baked.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 373 Ladino
En dia de luvya pensa en el prove, el tambien tiene friyo

On a rainy day, think of the poor man; he is cold too.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 374 Ladino
Amigos i ermanos seremos, ma las bolsas no tokaremos

Friends and brothers we will be, but we will not touch each other's purses.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 375 Ladino
Antes de kazar la muchacha tiene siete brasos i una boka, despues de kazar tiene un braso i siete bokas

Before marriage a girl has seven arms and one mouth; after marriage she has one arm and seven mouths.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 376 Ladino
La butika aze kaza, la kaza no aze butika

The shop makes the house; the house does not make the shop.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 377 Ladino
El ke bate la puerta resive repuesta

He who knocks on the door gets an answer.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 378 Ladino
El ke tuvo ambre bivyo i el ke tuvo friyo muryo

He who was hungry lived, and he who was cold died.

11 Nov 2026
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