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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 № 451 Ladino
No tomes kaza toma vizino

Do not take a house, take a neighbor.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 452 Ladino
No traves la kuedra muncho ke se aranka

Don't pull the rope too hard or it will snap.

34 Nov 2026
Refrán № 453 Ladino
Ombre muerto no aze gerra

A dead man makes no war.

44 Nov 2026
Refrán № 454 Ladino
Oy friyo amanyana kalor, el ijo mos salyo buen hamor

Cold today, heat tomorrow; our son has turned out good-humored.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 455 Ladino
Oygan tus oyidos lo ke dize tu boka

May your ears hear what your mouth says.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 456 Ladino
Padre guadrador el ijo es gastador

A saving father, a spendthrift son.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 457 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

59 4 Nov 2026
Refrán № 458 Ladino
Paga lo ke devez, savez lo ke tienes

Pay what you owe, and you will know what you have.

6 Nov 2026
Refrán № 459 Ladino
Pan es pan, vino es vino, tu te fuites, vino otro vino

Bread is bread, wine is wine; you left, another came.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 460 Ladino
Pan i kezo i la kara riente

Bread and cheese and a smiling face.

41 Nov 2026
Refrán № 461 Ladino
Para dizir todo a la kara, se kere boka emprestada

To say everything to someone's face, you need a borrowed mouth.

42 Nov 2026
Refrán № 462 Ladino
Para el bien se kere sensya i para el mal pasensya

For doing good you need knowledge, and for enduring bad you need patience.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 463 Ladino
Para ke se vaya al fregon, ke se vaya al garon

Rather than let it go to the pest, let it go to the lad/man.

40 Nov 2026
Refrán № 464 Ladino
Para tomar boka de oro, para pagar kanyo kon lodo

To take, a mouth of gold; to pay, a pipe full of mud.

20 Nov 2026
Refrán № 465 Ladino
Pasar al gameo por el ojo de la alguja

To pass the camel through the eye of the needle.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 466 Ladino
Pasensya es pan i sensia

Patience is bread and knowledge.

7 Nov 2026
Refrán № 467 Ladino
Pesa el plomo, pesa el oro, pesa al ombre mas ke todo

Do weigh up the lead,the gold,most of all weigh up the man.

38 Nov 2026
Refrán № 468 Ladino
Pishkado i musafires por dos dias, el treser se guelen

Fish and guests for two days, the third day they stink.

5 Nov 2026
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