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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 5
Los ke kaminan en el kamino derecho kaminan en el kamino estrecho Those who walk the straight path walk the narrow path.
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Refrán № 181 Ladino
Barre la ermuera komo ve la esfuegra

The daughter-in-law sweeps as the mother-in-law sees fit.

4 Nov 2026
Refrán № 182 Ladino
Luz de la kaye oskuridad de la kaza

Light in the street, darkness in the house.

2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 183 Ladino
Kazala a tu ija komo puedes, a tu ijo komo keres

Marry off your daughter as you can, your son as you wish.

2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 184 Ladino
Kada dia no es boda

Every day is not a wedding.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 185 Ladino
Leon ke esta durmiyendo, no lo espertes

Do not wake a sleeping lion.

3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 186 Ladino
Kuando la vieja se kere alegrar, se akodra de su ashugar

When the old woman wants to cheer up, she remembers her trousseau.

3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 187 Ladino
Ken perkura tiene ventura

Whoever strives has luck.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 188 Ladino
La madre es el fondamiento del nido

The mother is the foundation of the nest.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 189 Ladino
No te echez al pozo kon la kuedra de otroz - Kedaz en el pozo

Do not throw yourself into the well with another's rope, or you will stay in the well.

3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 190 Ladino
El Dio ni durme ni adormese

God neither sleeps nor slumbers.

0 Nov 2026
Refrán № 191 Ladino
Los kazados se konosen en el divorsyo

Married couples get to know each other in divorce.

6 Nov 2026
Refrán № 192 Ladino
Los amigos se konosen kuando se aparese la difikultad

Friends are known when difficulty appears.

6 Nov 2026
Refrán № 193 Ladino
Los ijos se konosen kuando los paryentes se envejesen

Children are known when their parents grow old.

3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 194 Ladino
Los ermanos se konosen kuando se reparta la erensya

Brothers get to know each other when the inheritance is divided.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 195 Ladino
Aze palos para ke te aharven

You make sticks so that they beat you.

0 Nov 2026
Refrán № 196 Ladino
En vezes la kura es mas mala ke la hazinura

Sometimes the cure is worse than the illness.

7 Nov 2026
Refrán № 197 Ladino
Kada uno save ande apreta el kalsado

Everyone knows where the shoe pinches.

4 Nov 2026
Refrán № 198 Ladino
Antes de kazar la muchacha tiene siete brasos i una boka, despues de kazar tiene un braso i siete bokas

Before marriage a girl has seven arms and one mouth; after marriage she has one arm and seven mouths.

6 Nov 2026
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