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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 № 487 Ladino
Las ideas son komo pulgas, saltan de uno al otro ma no pikan a todos

Ideas are like fleas: they jump from one person to another, but they don't bite everyone.

43 Nov 2026
Refrán № 488 Ladino
Para ke se vaya al fregon, ke se vaya al garon

Rather than let it go to the pest, let it go to the lad/man.

47 Nov 2026
Refrán № 489 Ladino
El ken del otro aspera ambierto keda

Whoever expects from others stays hungry.

38 Nov 2026
Refrán № 490 Ladino
El ken kere lo muncho perye i lo poko

He who wants a lot loses both the much and the little.

35 Nov 2026
Refrán № 491 Ladino
En kada kaza i en kada kashon ay un dolor de korason

In every house and in every drawer there is a heartache.

44 Nov 2026
Refrán № 492 Ladino
Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas

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

358 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 493 Ladino
A la haragana de noche le viene la gana

The lazy woman feels like working at night.

37 Nov 2026
Refrán № 494 Ladino
Ande no ay Madre no ay ni Padre

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

48 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 495 Ladino
Le prometyeron a Rahel, le dyeron a Lea

They promised him Rachel, they gave him Leah.

42 Nov 2026
Refrán № 496 Ladino
Mas le das kara, mas demanda

The more you give face (indulge), the more (s)he demands.

38 Nov 2026
Refrán № 497 Ladino
Lo mio es tuyo i lo tuyo es mio

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

39 Nov 2026
Refrán № 498 Ladino
La kaza no save ni riko ni prove

The house knows neither rich nor poor.

40 Nov 2026
Refrán № 499 Ladino
Esta una savor de chupar los dedos

It is a flavor to lick your fingers.

38 Nov 2026
Refrán № 500 Ladino
Kuando el gato no esta baylan los ratones

When the cat is away, the mice dance.

39 Nov 2026
Refrán № 501 Ladino
Es mijor un pasharo en la mano ke sien bolando

A bird in the hand is better than a hundred flying.

49 Nov 2026
Refrán № 502 Ladino
Sin disiplina no ay milizina

There's no medicine without discipline.

46 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 503 Ladino
Kon paras los mudos kantan

Money makes mutes sing too.

62 Nov 2026
Refrán № 504 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.

42 Nov 2026
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