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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 № 433 Ladino
No ay mas savio ke del lo ke pasa

No one is wiser than one who has been through it.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 434 Ladino
No ay mas sodro del ke no kere oyir

There is no one deafer than he who does not want to hear.

41 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 435 Ladino
No ay mijor madre de la ke te paryo

There is no better mother than the one who gave birth to you.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 436 Ladino
No ay ombre sin solombra

There is no man without a shadow (a flaw).

52 Nov 2026
Refrán № 437 Ladino
No deshes en manos de otros a azer lo ke ya puedes azer tu mizmo

Do not leave to others what you can already do yourself.

16 Nov 2026
Refrán № 438 Ladino
No eskupes al pozo ke bevites de su agua

Do not spit into the well from whose water you have drunk.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 439 Ladino
No importa las veses ke te kayes, si no las veses ke te alevantas

It doesn't matter how many times you fall, but how many times you get up.

43 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 440 Ladino
No importa las veses ke te kayes, si no las veses ke te levantes

It does not matter how many times you fall, but how many times you get up.

16 Nov 2026
Refrán № 441 Ladino
No kontes los sekretos de tu alma ni a tu ermana

Do not tell the secrets of your soul, not even to your sister.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 442 Ladino
No le mires la kara, mirale la grasya

When the work talks,words are unnecessary.

40 Nov 2026
Refrán № 443 Ladino
No lo yames yerno fista ke tenga el aniyo en el dedo

Do not call him a son in law till he has the ring on his finger.

39 Nov 2026
Refrán № 444 Ladino
No moz decho lados de riyir

He left us no room to laugh.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 445 Ladino
No permetes a tu aluenga de korrer antes de tu pensamiento

Do not let your tongue run ahead of your thoughts.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 446 Ladino
No save apartar la kalavasa de la berendjena

He cannot tell the squash from the eggplant.

20 Nov 2026
Refrán № 447 Ladino
No save las bragas atar i se kere kazar

He doesn't know how to tie his trousers, yet he wants to marry.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 448 Ladino
No se inche ni una kashkara de alviana

Not even a pea pod gets filled.

8 Nov 2026
Refrán № 449 Ladino
No te burles del d'enfrente, ke te viene a la kavesa

Do not mock the one across from you, for it will come to your head.

20 Nov 2026
Refrán № 450 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.

10 Nov 2026
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