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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 4
Ken oye a la djente se kita de la mujer Whoever listens to people ends up leaving his wife.
Refrán № 55 Ladino
El savyo es el ke se ambeza una koza de kada persona

The wise one is he who learns something from every person.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 56 Ladino
El shastre haragan piedre la alguja i el dedal

The lazy tailor loses the needle and the thimble.

25 Nov 2026
Refrán № 57 Ladino
En kada kaza i en kada kashon ay un dolor de korason

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

36 Nov 2026
Refrán № 58 Ladino
En kazal sin perros la djente kaminan sin palos

In a village without dogs, people walk without sticks.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 59 Ladino
En la kayida de tu enemigo no te alegres, ke te viene a la kavesa

D'ont be happy with the fall of your enemy,the same could happen to you.

27 Nov 2026
Refrán № 60 Ladino
En la vida kale desfrutar de kada momento, no solo sobrevivir

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

35 Nov 2026
Refrán № 61 Ladino
Es mijor un pasharo en la mano ke sien bolando

A bird in the hand is better than a hundred flying.

41 Nov 2026
Refrán № 62 Ladino
Esta la tripa en la nariz

The gut is up in the nose (he is fed up, has had enough). (uncertain, idiom)

25 Nov 2026
Refrán № 63 Ladino
Esta una savor de chupar los dedos

It is a flavor to lick your fingers.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 64 Ladino
Estate kon los ke modren i no kon los ke se modrieron

Stay with those who bite, not with those who have been bitten.

23 Nov 2026
Refrán № 65 Ladino
Etchalo al mazalozo a la mar i va tornar kon una perla en la boka

Throw a lucky man into the sea and he'll come back with a pearl in his mouth.

28 Nov 2026
Refrán № 66 Ladino
Fruta de oy, pan de ayer, karne de antiyer, vino de un anyo antes, azen el ombre sano

Today's fruit, yesterday's bread, the day-before-yesterday's meat and last year's wine make a man healthy.

16 Nov 2026
Refrán № 67 Ladino
Hijos no tiene, inyetos le yoran

He has no children, yet grandchildren cry for him.

17 Nov 2026
Refrán № 68 Ladino
Ijos no tengo inyetos me yoran

I have no children, yet grandchildren cry for me.

29 Nov 2026
Refrán № 69 Ladino
Kada uno en su kaza i El Dio en la de todos

Each one in his own house, and God in everyone's.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 70 Ladino
Kada uno es rey en su kaza

Everyone is king in his own home.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 71 Ladino
Kara tuerta ventura derecha

Crooked face, straight fortune.

36 Nov 2026
Refrán № 72 Ladino
Kedimos ariento las aguas

We remained beside the waters. (uncertain)

23 Nov 2026
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