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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
No traves la kuedra muncho ke se aranka Don't pull the rope too hard or it will snap.
Refrán № 55 Ladino
Kresen los ijos, pujan las ansias

As the children grow, the worries grow.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 56 Ladino
El ke no oye a su mujerika se trava la orejika

He who doesn't listen to his dear wife gets his little ear pulled.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 57 Ladino
Un ombre sin amigo es komo la mano derecha sin la siedra

A man without a friend is like the right hand without the left.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 58 Ladino
Mijor es tomar ombre sin paras, ke paras sin ombre

Better to marry a man without money than money without a man.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 59 Ladino
El ke bien te kere, en la kara te lo dize

Whoever loves you well,tells it to your face.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 60 Ladino
El buen pleto traye buena paz

A good fight brings a good peace.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 61 Ladino
Etchalo al mazalozo a la mar i va tornar kon una perla en la boka

Throw a lucky man into the sea and he'll come back with a pearl in his mouth.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 62 Ladino
Asta ke aboltas la kara, va pasar el tiempo

By the time you turn your face,time will pass

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 63 Ladino
Sin disiplina no ay milizina

There's no medicine without discipline.

18 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 64 Ladino
Ni la novya ni la tela no se miran a la kandela

You don't look at a bride nor at a lace in a candlelight.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 65 Ladino
Alevantar demprano, despertar al mazal

Getting up early to wake up luck.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 66 Ladino
El novyo es muy ermozo, komo el gato enganyozo

The groom is very handsome, like the deceitful cat.

18 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 67 Ladino
En la vida kale desfrutar de kada momento, no solo sobrevivir

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

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 68 Ladino
Ande no ay Madre no ay ni Padre

Where there is no mother, there is no father either.

18 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 69 Ladino
Kuando una mujer se le yela el korason, se le sana la kavesa

When a woman's heart freezes, her head gets cured.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 70 Ladino
Lo ke no te agrada no lo agas al denfrente

Don't do to the one in front of you what you don't like yourself.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 71 Ladino
Mala la madre, mala la ija, mala la kolcha ke las kuvija

Bad the mother, bad the daughter, bad the quilt that covers them.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 72 Ladino
Todo lo ganado es para el garon

All the earnings is for the throat.

17 Nov 2026
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