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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 № 361 Ladino
Lo ke no te agrada no lo agas al denfrente

Don't do to the one in front of you what you don't like yourself.

35 Nov 2026
Refrán № 362 Ladino
Lo ke no te agredese no lo agas al denfrente

Do not do to another's face what does not please you.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 363 Ladino
Lo ke te aze tu mano no te lo aze ni tu ermano

What your own hand does for you, not even your brother will do for you.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 364 Ladino
Lo ke ven los ojos, no se olvida el korason

What the eyes see, the heart does not forget.

39 Nov 2026
Refrán № 365 Ladino
Lo mio es tuyo i lo tuyo es mio

What is mine is yours and what is yours is mine.

36 Nov 2026
Refrán № 366 Ladino
Los amigos se konosen kuando se aparese la difikultad

Friends are known when difficulty appears.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 367 Ladino
Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas

The years I have lived, I will not live again.

355 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 368 Ladino
Los ermanos se konosen kuando se reparta la erensya

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

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 369 Ladino
Los ijos se konosen kuando los paryentes se envejesen

Children are known when their parents grow old.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 370 Ladino
Los kazados se konosen en el divorsyo

Married couples get to know each other in divorce.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 371 Ladino
Los ke kaminan en el kamino derecho kaminan en el kamino estrecho

Those who walk the straight path walk the narrow path.

7 Nov 2026
Refrán № 372 Ladino
Los ke kaminan en el kamino derecho,tienen ke kaminar kamino estrecho

Those who walk the straight path have to walk a narrow road.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 373 Ladino
Los lokos i los ninyos dizen la verdad

Fools and children tell the truth.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 374 Ladino
Los vizinos son mas ke parientes i mas ke primos

Neighbors are more than relatives and more than cousins.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 375 Ladino
Luz de la kaye oskuridad de la kaza

Light in the street, darkness in the house.

7 Nov 2026
Refrán № 376 Ladino
Madrasta el nombre ya abasta

For a stepmother, the name alone is enough.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 377 Ladino
Madre miya mi kerida, para ke me parites

My dear mother, why did you give birth to me?

33 Nov 2026
Refrán № 378 Ladino
Madre Nikochera le sale ija haragana

A housekeeping mother gets a lazy daughter.

15 Nov 2026
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