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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 2
Sin disiplina no ay milizina There's no medicine without discipline.
Refrán № 73 Ladino
Kon paras los mudos kantan

Money makes mutes sing too.

25 Nov 2026
Refrán № 74 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.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 75 Ladino
Alevantar demprano, despertar al mazal

Getting up early to wake up luck.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 76 Ladino
No lo yames yerno fista ke tenga el aniyo en el dedo

Do not call him a son in law till he has the ring on his finger.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 77 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.

16 Nov 2026
Refrán № 78 Ladino
Ni bivda sin dolor, ni ija sin amor

Neither a widow without pain nor a girl without love.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 79 Ladino
La mujer aze, La mujer dezaze

A woman makes, a woman destroys.

9 Nov 2026
Refrán № 80 Ladino
Mas vale poko ke nada

It's better a little than nothing.

14 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 81 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

22 3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 82 Ladino
Las desgrasias nunka no vienen solas

Disasters never come alone.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 83 Ladino
El Dio da muez al ke no tiene dientes

God gives nuts to the toothless one.

18 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 84 Ladino
Bivas, engrandeskas i kreskas komo un peshiko an aguas freskas

May you live,bring up and grow like the little fish in sweet waters.

9 Nov 2026
Refrán № 85 Ladino
Todo lo ganado es para el garon

All the earnings is for the throat.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 86 Ladino
Ande ay amor ay dolor

Where there's love there's pain.

16 Nov 2026
Refrán № 87 Ladino
Ni un dedo aze mano, ni una golondrina enverano

One finger doesn't make a hand nor a swallow summer.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 88 Ladino
Sin lavar la kara ya empeso kon sus hohentas

Before washing his face he starts nagging.

9 Nov 2026
Refrán № 89 Ladino
Kualo vale la moneda kuando la persona no esta buena

What's money worth when a person isn't well.

16 Nov 2026
Refrán № 90 Ladino
Dame godrura te dare ermozura

Give me fat and I'll give you beauty.

11 Nov 2026
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