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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 № 109 Ladino
Lo ke no te agrada no lo agas al denfrente

Don't do to the one in front of you what you don't like yourself.

38 Nov 2026
Refrán № 110 Ladino
Lo ke ven los ojos, no se olvida el korason

What the eyes see, the heart does not forget.

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 111 Ladino
Lo mio es tuyo i lo tuyo es mio

What is mine is yours and what is yours is mine.

34 Nov 2026
Refrán № 112 Ladino
Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas

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

328 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 113 Ladino
Madre miya mi kerida, para ke me parites

My dear mother, why did you give birth to me?

32 Nov 2026
Refrán № 114 Ladino
Mal yevando bien esperando

Enduring the bad, hoping for the good.

28 Nov 2026
Refrán № 115 Ladino
Mala la madre, mala la ija, mala la kolcha ke las kuvija

Bad the mother, bad the daughter, bad the quilt that covers them.

40 Nov 2026
Refrán № 116 Ladino
Maldision sin razon torna a su patron

A curse without cause returns to its owner.

37 Nov 2026
Refrán № 117 Ladino
Maldisyon sin razon se va a su patron

A curse without reason goes back to its master.

23 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 118 Ladino
Marido en kaza dolor de keshada

A husband at home is a pain in the jaw.

23 Nov 2026
Refrán № 119 Ladino
Mas le das kara, mas demanda

The more you give face (indulge), the more (s)he demands.

30 Nov 2026
Refrán № 120 Ladino
Mas vale la piedra del amigo ke de la mansana del enemigo

A stone from a friend is better than an apple from an enemy.

40 Nov 2026
Refrán № 121 Ladino
Mas vale poko ke nada

It's better a little than nothing.

37 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 122 Ladino
Mijor es tomar ombre sin paras, ke paras sin ombre

Better to marry a man without money than money without a man.

36 Nov 2026
Refrán № 123 Ladino
Mijor ser solo ke mal akompanyado

Better to be alone than in bad company.

22 Nov 2026
Refrán № 124 Ladino
Mil penseryos no pagan una devda

A thousand worries do not pay a debt.

39 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 125 Ladino
Mira la madre, toma la ija

Look at the mother, take the daughter (like mother, like daughter).

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 126 Ladino
Moneda se gana kon moneda

Money is earned with money.

35 Nov 2026
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