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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.

36 proverbs in Family

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Refrán № 01 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

39 4 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
De tal palo tala estiya, de tal padre tal ijo

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

31 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save

A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know.

69 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
El padre peka, al ijo se le apega

The father sins, and it sticks to the son.

41 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 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.

36 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
El ganar i el pedrer son haverim

Gaining and losing are companions.

26 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
Ande no ay Madre no ay ni Padre

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

18 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 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.

37 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 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.

31 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
La mujer buena la kaza yena

A good woman fills the house.

29 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Ni bivda sin dolor, ni ija sin amor

Neither a widow without pain nor a girl without love.

23 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son uno

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

23 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
Ni novya sin velo ni mujer sin selo

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

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

Whoever listens to people ends up leaving his wife.

21 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
La mujer baylando el marido yorando

The wife dances while the husband cries.

21 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
Kresen los ijos, pujan las ansias

As the children grow, the worries grow.

20 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
La mujer no es kamiza ke se troka

A woman is not a shirt to be changed.

20 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 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.

19 Nov 2026
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