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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 № 379 Ladino
Mira la madre, toma la ija

Look at the mother, take the daughter (like mother, like daughter).

21 Nov 2026
Refrán № 380 Ladino
Mijor ser solo ke mal akompanyado

Better to be alone than in bad company.

27 Nov 2026
Refrán № 381 Ladino
Kuando ase luvia yoran los sielos i riye la tierra

When it rains, the skies weep and the earth laughs.

27 Nov 2026
Refrán № 382 Ladino
Tu marido ke te kera komo la sal

A husband who loves you like salt (dearly, as something essential). (uncertain)

25 Nov 2026
Refrán № 383 Ladino
Lentejas... Si keres las komes i si no las deshas

Lentils... if you want, you eat them, and if not, you leave them (take it or leave it).

24 Nov 2026
Refrán № 384 Ladino
El ke emprestado viste, en medyo de la kaleja lo disvisten

He who wears borrowed clothes gets undressed in the middle of the street.

37 Nov 2026
Refrán № 385 Ladino
La mujer puede trokar la kolor de su pelo, ama nunka no puede trokar el karakter de su selo

A woman can change the color of her hair, but she can never change the character of her jealousy.

21 Nov 2026
Refrán № 386 Ladino
Aze bien, no mires a ken

Do good, don't look at whom.

51 Nov 2026
Refrán № 387 Ladino
El padre peka, al ijo se le apega

The father sins, and it sticks to the son.

66 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 388 Ladino
Madre miya mi kerida, para ke me parites

My dear mother, why did you give birth to me?

33 Nov 2026
Refrán № 389 Ladino
Bivas, engrandeskas i kreskas komo un peshiko an aguas freskas. Amen

May you live, grow and flourish like a little fish in fresh waters. Amen.

39 Nov 2026
Refrán № 390 Ladino
El peshe fiele de la kavesa

The fish rots from the head.

51 Nov 2026
Refrán № 391 Ladino
Tornaron kon los mokos enkolgados

They came back with their snot hanging (i.e., dejected / empty-handed).

34 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 392 Ladino
La okazyon aze al ladron

Opportunity makes the thief.

31 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 393 Ladino
El melon i la mujer son muy kolay a eskojer, ama el karpuz i el ombre no son

Melon and woman are very easy to choose, but watermelon and man are not.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 394 Ladino
Moneda se gana kon moneda

Money is earned with money.

41 Nov 2026
Refrán № 395 Ladino
El riyo pasa la arena keda

The river passes, the sand remains.

28 Nov 2026
Refrán № 396 Ladino
El shastre haragan piedre la alguja i el dedal

The lazy tailor loses the needle and the thimble.

28 Nov 2026
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