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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 № 505 Ladino
Todos los rios van al mar

All rivers go to the sea.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 506 Ladino
Toka oro se le aze lodo

Whatever he touches, gold turns to mud.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 507 Ladino
Tornaron kon los mokos enkolgados

They came back with their snot hanging (i.e., dejected / empty-handed).

35 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 508 Ladino
Tripa vaziya korason sin alegria

An empty belly, a heart without joy.

45 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 509 Ladino
Tu kara i mi kulo son primos ermanos

Your face and my backside are first cousins.

8 Nov 2026
Refrán № 510 Ladino
Tu marido ke te kera komo la sal

A husband who loves you like salt (dearly, as something essential). (uncertain)

27 Nov 2026
Refrán № 511 Ladino
Tu pan no me arto, tu palavra me kontento

Your bread does not fill me; your word contents me.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 512 Ladino
Un loko kita sien

One fool drives out a hundred.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 513 Ladino
Un ombre sin amigo es komo la mano derecha sin la siedra

A man without a friend is like the right hand without the left.

39 Nov 2026
Refrán № 514 Ladino
Un pan en el sesto ni arto ni ambierto

One loaf in the basket: neither full nor hungry.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 515 Ladino
Un sako de aroz una ava

A sack of rice, one bean.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 516 Ladino
Una madre i una manta tapan munchas faltas

A mother and a blanket cover many faults.

5 Nov 2026
Refrán № 517 Ladino
Una mano lava la otra i las dos lavan la kara

One hand washes the other, and both wash the face.

5 Nov 2026
Refrán № 518 Ladino
Una puerta se serra i sien se avren

One door closes and a hundred open.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 519 Ladino
Uno ensembra otro se lo goza

One sows, another enjoys it.

7 Nov 2026
Refrán № 520 Ladino
Uno korta la roza, el otro la goza

One cuts the rose, the other enjoys it.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 521 Ladino
Vende Pipinos vende halva ma no asperes nedava

Sell seeds, sell halva, but do not wait for charity.

30 Nov 2026
Refrán № 522 Ladino
Vender espejos en el kazal de siegos

Selling mirrors in the village of the blind.

14 Nov 2026
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