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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 4
Ken oye a la djente se kita de la mujer Whoever listens to people ends up leaving his wife.
Refrán № 73 Ladino
Moneda se gana kon moneda

Money is earned with money.

35 Nov 2026
Refrán № 74 Ladino
Todo lo ganado es para el garon

All the earnings is for the throat.

34 Nov 2026
Refrán № 75 Ladino
Asta ke aboltas la kara, va pasar el tiempo

By the time you turn your face,time will pass

34 Nov 2026
Refrán № 76 Ladino
El Dio ke moz guadre de vizino malo i de ayre de burako

May God protect us from a bad neiighbour and from a draught.

34 Nov 2026
Refrán № 77 Ladino
Le prometyeron a Rahel, le dyeron a Lea

They promised him Rachel, they gave him Leah.

34 Nov 2026
Refrán № 78 Ladino
Ombre muerto no aze gerra

A dead man makes no war.

34 Nov 2026
Refrán № 79 Ladino
Mijor es tomar ombre sin paras, ke paras sin ombre

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

34 Nov 2026
Refrán № 80 Ladino
La mujer no es kamiza ke se troka

A woman is not a shirt to be changed.

34 Nov 2026
Refrán № 81 Ladino
Dame godrura te dare ermozura

Give me fat and I'll give you beauty.

33 Nov 2026
Refrán № 82 Ladino
Lo mio es tuyo i lo tuyo es mio

What is mine is yours and what is yours is mine.

33 Nov 2026
Refrán № 83 Ladino
Kuando una mujer se le yela el korason, se le sana la kavesa

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

33 Nov 2026
Refrán № 84 Ladino
Tanto grita el ladron ke se espanta el patron

The thief shouts so loudly that the owner gets frightened.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 85 Ladino
El ke bien te kere, en la kara te lo dize

Whoever loves you well,tells it to your face.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 86 Ladino
Pan i kezo i la kara riente

Bread and cheese and a smiling face.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 87 Ladino
Lo ke ven los ojos, no se olvida el korason

What the eyes see, the heart does not forget.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 88 Ladino
Esta una savor de chupar los dedos

It is a flavor to lick your fingers.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 89 Ladino
Kuando el gato no esta baylan los ratones

When the cat is away, the mice dance.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 90 Ladino
En kazal sin perros la djente kaminan sin palos

In a village without dogs, people walk without sticks.

32 Nov 2026
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