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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.
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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. 1401Hot
  2. 2 Padre i Madre es una vez Father and Mother is only once. 223
  3. 3 A karne dura diente agudo Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth. 420
Refrán № 01 Ladino
Dos gayos en una kaza no kaven

Two roosters don't fit in one house.

20 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 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.

23 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
El eskaso no tiene deskanso

The needy have no rest.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 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.

21 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
El korason no esta siempre de akordo kon el meoyo

The heart is not always in agreement with the brain.

20 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
Si no ay pasensya no ay erensya

If there is no patience, there is no inheritance.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
A karne dura diente agudo

Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth.

42 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
El ganar i el pedrer son haverim

Gaining and losing are companions.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
La mujer buena la kaza yena

A good woman fills the house.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
Detras de kada mujer komicha ay un ombre haragan i tembel ke la kita loka

Behind every nagging woman is a lazy, idle man who drives her crazy.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
No ay ombre sin solombra

There is no man without a shadow (a flaw).

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
En kazal sin perros la djente kaminan sin palos

In a village without dogs, people walk without sticks.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
Para dizir todo a la kara, se kere boka emprestada

To say everything to someone's face, you need a borrowed mouth.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
Ken oye a la djente se kita de la mujer

Whoever listens to people ends up leaving his wife.

16 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
Mas vale la piedra del amigo ke de la mansana del enemigo

A stone from a friend is better than an apple from an enemy.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
La mujer baylando el marido yorando

The wife dances while the husband cries.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
La mujer destruyedera vazya del marido la aldikera

A wasteful wife empties her husband's pocket.

8 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Kresen los ijos, pujan las ansias

As the children grow, the worries grow.

11 Nov 2026
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