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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 № 271 Ladino
Si azes bueno, tu enemigo se aze tu amigo

If you do good, your enemy becomes your friend.

9 Nov 2026
Refrán № 272 Ladino
No permetes a tu aluenga de korrer antes de tu pensamiento

Do not let your tongue run ahead of your thoughts.

6 Nov 2026
Refrán № 273 Ladino
En korason amargozo no entra ni riza ni gozo

Into a bitter heart enters neither laughter nor joy.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 274 Ladino
Kuando aharvan al ijo, a la madre le erguele

When the son is beaten, the mother is hurt.

8 Nov 2026
Refrán № 275 Ladino
El ke fuye de la luvia enkontra el pedrisko

He who flees from the rain meets the hail.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 276 Ladino
El ke save mentiras kontar, al gameo lo aze bolar

He who knows how to tell lies can make a camel fly.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 277 Ladino
El amor es temporario komo el ayre del enverano pasa i se va

Love is temporary, like the winter wind: it passes and goes.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 278 Ladino
La aluenga korta mijor de la tijera

The tongue cuts better than scissors.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 279 Ladino
El ke se aharva kon sus manos no yora

He who hits himself with his own hands does not cry.

5 Nov 2026
Refrán № 280 Ladino
Ni del miel ni del puncho

Neither the honey nor the sting.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 281 Ladino
El Dio me guadra de mis amigos i yo me guadro de mis enemigos

May God protect me from my friends, and I will protect myself from my enemies.

9 Nov 2026
Refrán № 282 Ladino
El eskaso bive prove para murir riko

The miser lives poor to die rich.

5 Nov 2026
Refrán № 283 Ladino
El ke no tiene ke azer se toma kon su mujer

He who has nothing to do quarrels with his wife.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 284 Ladino
Kada gayo kanta en su gayinero

Every rooster crows in his own henhouse.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 285 Ladino
Ken aspera kome la pera

Whoever waits eats the pear.

8 Nov 2026
Refrán № 286 Ladino
En dia de luvya pensa en el prove, el tambien tiene friyo

On a rainy day, think of the poor man; he is cold too.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 287 Ladino
El ke dize la verdad piedre la amistad

He who tells the truth loses friendship.

7 Nov 2026
Refrán № 288 Ladino
Si te kayes siete vezes, alevantate ocho

If you fall seven times, get up eight.

8 Nov 2026
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