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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 № 397 Ladino
Sekreto entre dos es sekreto Del Dio,Sekreto entre tres es sekreto de todos

A secret between two is God's secret; a secret between three is everyone's secret.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 398 Ladino
Lo ke izites kon tus padres de tus ijos esperes

What you did to your parents, expect from your children.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 399 Ladino
Mas vale verguensa en kara, ke dolor de korason

Better shame on the face than pain in the heart.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 400 Ladino
El mundo es redondo i ken no save nadar se va al ondo

The world is round, and whoever cannot swim sinks to the bottom.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 401 Ladino
Pasar al gameo por el ojo de la alguja

To pass the camel through the eye of the needle.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 402 Ladino
Karne kruda puede ser,pishkado crudo nunka

Raw meat maybe, raw fish never.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 403 Ladino
Avaz sin aroz es komo boda sin tanyedor

Beans without rice are like a wedding without a musician.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 404 Ladino
Ken no kaye no se alavanta

He who does not fall does not get up.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 405 Ladino
Karas vemos korasones no konosemos

We see faces, we do not know hearts.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 406 Ladino
De una pulga lo azen gameyo

From a flea they make a camel.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 407 Ladino
La bien kazada es la ke no tiene ni esfuegra ni kunyada

The happily married woman is the one who has neither a mother-in-law nor a sister-in-law.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 408 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son unos

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 409 Ladino
No ay mijor madre de la ke te paryo

There is no better mother than the one who gave birth to you.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 410 Ladino
Dime ken es tu amigo i te dire ken sos tu

Tell me who your friend is and I will tell you who you are.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 411 Ladino
El padre kon el ijo komo piedra en aniyo

Father and son are like a stone in a ring.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 412 Ladino
Si te dan toma si te aharvan fuy

If they give, take; if they beat you, flee.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 413 Ladino
Enemigo de mi enemigo es mi amigo

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 414 Ladino
No eskupes al pozo ke bevites de su agua

Do not spit into the well from whose water you have drunk.

10 Nov 2026
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