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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 3
No traves la kuedra muncho ke se aranka Don't pull the rope too hard or it will snap.
Refrán № 91 Ladino
La ke amariyo vistyo de su ermozura se trivio

She who dressed in yellow dared (to show) her beauty.

29 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 92 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.

25 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 93 Ladino
No ay mas sodro del ke no kere oyir

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

21 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 94 Ladino
Pan i kezo i la kara riente

Bread and cheese and a smiling face.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 95 Ladino
Todos los dedos de la mano no son uno

All the fingers of the hand are not the same.

23 Nov 2026
Refrán № 96 Ladino
El lovo i la oveja viyenen en konseja

The wolf and the sheep come together in council.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 97 Ladino
Riyir kon todos, yorar solos

Laugh with everyone, cry alone.

20 Nov 2026
Refrán № 98 Ladino
Vende Pipinos vende halva ma no asperes nedava

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

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 99 Ladino
En la vida kale desfrutar de kada momento, no solo sobrevivir

In life you must enjoy every moment, not just survive.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 100 Ladino
Lo ke ven los ojos, no se olvida el korason

What the eyes see, the heart does not forget.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 101 Ladino
El Leon se konose de la unya

The lion is known by its claw.

24 Nov 2026
Refrán № 102 Ladino
Las ideas son komo pulgas, saltan de uno al otro ma no pikan a todos

Ideas are like fleas: they jump from one person to another, but they don't bite everyone.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 103 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.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 104 Ladino
El ken del otro aspera ambierto keda

Whoever expects from others stays hungry.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 105 Ladino
El ken kere lo muncho perye i lo poko

He who wants a lot loses both the much and the little.

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 106 Ladino
En kada kaza i en kada kashon ay un dolor de korason

In every house and in every drawer there is a heartache.

21 Nov 2026
Refrán № 107 Ladino
Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas

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

268 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 108 Ladino
A la haragana de noche le viene la gana

The lazy woman feels like working at night.

19 Nov 2026
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