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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.

24 proverbs in Family

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Refrán № 01 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.

24 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 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 № 03 Ladino
El ganar i el pedrer son haverim

Gaining and losing are companions.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
La mujer buena la kaza yena

A good woman fills the house.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 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 № 06 Ladino
Ken oye a la djente se kita de la mujer

Whoever listens to people ends up leaving his wife.

16 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
La mujer baylando el marido yorando

The wife dances while the husband cries.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
La mujer destruyedera vazya del marido la aldikera

A wasteful wife empties her husband's pocket.

8 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
Kresen los ijos, pujan las ansias

As the children grow, the worries grow.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
Si de tu novya izites tu mujer, aze tambien te tu mujer tu novya

If you made your bride your wife, make your wife your bride too.

8 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Marido en kaza dolor de keshada

A husband at home is a pain in the jaw.

5 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
El ke no oye a su mujerika se trava la orejika

He who doesn't listen to his dear wife gets his little ear pulled.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
Kuando una mujer se le yela el korason, se le sana la kavesa

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

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
Ni novya sin velo ni mujer sin selo

Neither a bride without a veil nor a wife without jealousy.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
La mujer no es kamiza ke se troka

A woman is not a shirt to be changed.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
Mala la madre, mala la ija, mala la kolcha ke las kuvija

Bad the mother, bad the daughter, bad the quilt that covers them.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
De tal palo tala estiya, de tal padre tal ijo

From such a tree, such a splinter; like father, like son.

22 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son uno

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

11 Nov 2026
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