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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.
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  1. 1 Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas The years I have lived, I will not live again. 3211Hot
  2. 2 La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know. 2011
  3. 3 El gameo no ve su korkova The camel doesn't see its own hump. 1711
Refrán № 01 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

53 4 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 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.

57 3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
De tal palo tala estiya, de tal padre tal ijo

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

47 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
Mil penseryos no pagan una devda

A thousand worries do not pay a debt.

39 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas

The years I have lived, I will not live again.

321 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save

A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know.

201 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
El gameo no ve su korkova

The camel doesn't see its own hump.

171 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
A karne dura diente agudo

Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth.

73 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
La ke se alava kon su boka es loka

He who praises himself with his own mouth is a fool.

68 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
El padre peka, al ijo se le apega

The father sins, and it sticks to the son.

59 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Dos gayos en una kaza no kaven

Two roosters don't fit in one house.

50 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
El lugar del ombre es la plasa i de la mujer es la kaza

A man's place is the square (marketplace) and a woman's place is the home.

50 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
El ganar i el pedrer son haverim

Gaining and losing are companions.

50 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
La ke amariyo vistyo de su ermozura se trivio

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

49 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 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.

48 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
Kuando los echos avlan, las palavras sovran

When the work talks,words are unnecessary.

47 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
Tripa vaziya korason sin alegria

An empty belly, a heart without joy.

46 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Sin disiplina no ay milizina

There's no medicine without discipline.

39 1 Nov 2026
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