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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 3
No traves la kuedra muncho ke se aranka Don't pull the rope too hard or it will snap.
Refrán № 73 Ladino
Kuando los echos avlan, las palavras sovran

When the work talks,words are unnecessary.

27 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 74 Ladino
Kuando una mujer se le yela el korason, se le sana la kavesa

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

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 75 Ladino
La agua pasa, el lodo keda

The water goes but the mud stays

25 Nov 2026
Refrán № 76 Ladino
La estreya ke le briya

May his star shine (a blessing / wish for good luck).

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 77 Ladino
La estreya ke le kayga

May his star fall (a curse / wish for bad luck).

9 Nov 2026
Refrán № 78 Ladino
La kaza no save ni riko ni prove

The house knows neither rich nor poor.

22 Nov 2026
Refrán № 79 Ladino
La ke amariyo vistyo de su ermozura se trivio

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

27 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 80 Ladino
La ke se alava kon su boka es loka

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

52 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 81 Ladino
La madre kon la ija komo piedra en aniyo

Mother and daughter are like a stone in a ring (inseparable, a precious bond).

7 Nov 2026
Refrán № 82 Ladino
La mujer aze, La mujer dezaze

A woman makes, a woman destroys.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 83 Ladino
La mujer baylando el marido yorando

The wife dances while the husband cries.

21 Nov 2026
Refrán № 84 Ladino
La mujer buena la kaza yena

A good woman fills the house.

27 Nov 2026
Refrán № 85 Ladino
La mujer destruyedera vazya del marido la aldikera

A wasteful wife empties her husband's pocket.

16 Nov 2026
Refrán № 86 Ladino
La mujer es komo la uva, kuando se aruga se aze mas dulse i mas savroza

A woman is like a grape: when she wrinkles, she becomes sweeter and tastier.

30 Nov 2026
Refrán № 87 Ladino
La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save

A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know.

145 Nov 2026
Refrán № 88 Ladino
La mujer no es kamiza ke se troka

A woman is not a shirt to be changed.

16 Nov 2026
Refrán № 89 Ladino
La okazyon aze al ladron

Opportunity makes the thief.

14 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 90 Ladino
Las desgrasias nunka no vienen solas

Disasters never come alone.

19 Nov 2026
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