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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 № 397 Ladino
Mas vale un azno ke me yeva, ke un kavayo ke me echa

Better a donkey that carries me than a horse that throws me.

16 Nov 2026
Refrán № 398 Ladino
Mas vale verguensa en kara, ke dolor de korason

Better shame on the face than pain in the heart.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 399 Ladino
Mas valen dientes ke parientes

Teeth are worth more than relatives.

5 Nov 2026
Refrán № 400 Ladino
Maz vale vizino serkano ke ermano leshano

Better a near neighbor than a distant brother.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 401 Ladino
Me se izo todo kale i duvar

Everything became a fortress and a wall to me.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 402 Ladino
Mijor es tomar ombre sin paras, ke paras sin ombre

Better to marry a man without money than money without a man.

40 Nov 2026
Refrán № 403 Ladino
Mijor kazar kon una prove ke pelear kon una rika

Better to marry a poor woman than to fight with a rich one.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 404 Ladino
Mijor ser solo ke mal akompanyado

Better to be alone than in bad company.

26 Nov 2026
Refrán № 405 Ladino
Mil kandelas no azen un sol

A thousand candles do not make a sun.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 406 Ladino
Mil penseryos no pagan una devda

A thousand worries do not pay a debt.

46 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 407 Ladino
Mira la madre, toma la ija

Look at the mother, take the daughter (like mother, like daughter).

21 Nov 2026
Refrán № 408 Ladino
Mirate, ke te mire El Dio

Look at yourself, so that God may look at you.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 409 Ladino
Mis ijos kazados mis males doblados

My children married, my troubles doubled.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 410 Ladino
Moneda se gana kon moneda

Money is earned with money.

41 Nov 2026
Refrán № 411 Ladino
Moz Dieron agua de pozo

They gave us well water. (uncertain, possibly idiomatic)

33 Nov 2026
Refrán № 412 Ladino
Moz izo hadras i baranas

He made us into rags and tatters (ruined us). (uncertain)

34 Nov 2026
Refrán № 413 Ladino
Muere pato,muere arto

Let the duck die, let the fed-up one die (said when one is past caring about the consequences).

5 Nov 2026
Refrán № 414 Ladino
Muevos reyes, muevas leyes

New kings, new laws.

5 Nov 2026
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