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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.
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  1. 1 Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas The years I have lived, I will not live again. 2731Hot
  2. 2 La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know. 721
  3. 3 Padre i Madre es una vez Father and Mother is only once. 394
Refrán № 01 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

39 4 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
Akel se yama alegre i kontente, el ke tiene plazer del prospero del d’enfrente

Don't look at his face,look at his grace.

38 3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 Ladino
De tal palo tala estiya, de tal padre tal ijo

From such a tree, such a splinter; like father, like son.

33 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
Mil penseryos no pagan una devda

A thousand worries do not pay a debt.

28 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 Ladino
Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas

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

273 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
La mujer guadra el sekreto ke no save

A woman keeps the secret she doesn't know.

72 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
A karne dura diente agudo

Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth.

55 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
La ke se alava kon su boka es loka

He who praises himself with his own mouth is a fool.

55 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
El padre peka, al ijo se le apega

The father sins, and it sticks to the son.

43 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
El lugar del ombre es la plasa i de la mujer es la kaza

A man's place is the square (marketplace) and a woman's place is the home.

36 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Dos gayos en una kaza no kaven

Two roosters don't fit in one house.

34 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 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 № 13 Ladino
Mas vale poko ke nada

It's better a little than nothing.

27 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 Ladino
Kuando los echos avlan, las palavras sovran

When the work talks,words are unnecessary.

27 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
Tripa vaziya korason sin alegria

An empty belly, a heart without joy.

26 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
El ganar i el pedrer son haverim

Gaining and losing are companions.

26 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 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 № 18 Ladino
Si no saves nadar ke bushkas en el borde del mar

If you can't swim what are you doing at the seaside.

24 1 Nov 2026
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