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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 2
Sin disiplina no ay milizina There's no medicine without discipline.
Refrán № 37 Ladino
La agua pasa, el lodo keda

The water goes but the mud stays

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 38 Ladino
Si no saves nadar ke bushkas en el borde del mar

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

18 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 39 Ladino
Kuando los echos avlan, las palavras sovran

When the work talks,words are unnecessary.

19 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 40 Ladino
No le mires la kara, mirale la grasya

When the work talks,words are unnecessary.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 41 Ladino
Akel se yama alegre i kontente, el ke tiene plazer del prospero del d’enfrente

Don't look at his face,look at his grace.

26 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 42 Ladino
Mil penseryos no pagan una devda

A thousand worries do not pay a debt.

22 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 43 Ladino
De tal palo tala estiya, de tal padre tal ijo

From such a tree, such a splinter; like father, like son.

25 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 44 Ladino
Tripa vaziya korason sin alegria

An empty belly, a heart without joy.

15 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 45 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.

17 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 46 Ladino
La ke amariyo vistyo de su ermozura se trivio

She who dressed in yellow dared (to show) her beauty.

18 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 47 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.

17 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 48 Ladino
No ay mas sodro del ke no kere oyir

There is no one deafer than he who does not want to hear.

13 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 49 Ladino
Pan i kezo i la kara riente

Bread and cheese and a smiling face.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 50 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son uno

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 51 Ladino
El lovo i la oveja viyenen en konseja

The wolf and the sheep come together in council.

9 Nov 2026
Refrán № 52 Ladino
Riyir kon todos, yorar solos

Laugh with everyone, cry alone.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 53 Ladino
Vende Pipinos vende halva ma no asperes nedava

Sell seeds, sell halva, but do not wait for charity.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 54 Ladino
En la vida kale desfrutar de kada momento, no solo sobrevivir

In life you must enjoy every moment, not just survive.

12 Nov 2026
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