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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 2
Sin disiplina no ay milizina There's no medicine without discipline.
Refrán № 19 Ladino
Kada uno es rey en su kaza

Everyone is king in his own home.

9 Nov 2026
Refrán № 20 Ladino
Si de tu novya izites tu mujer, aze tambien te tu mujer tu novya

If you made your bride your wife, make your wife your bride too.

9 Nov 2026
Refrán № 21 Ladino
El pan tugerto la lumbre lo enderecha

The fire straightens crooked bread.

7 Nov 2026
Refrán № 22 Ladino
Marido en kaza dolor de keshada

A husband at home is a pain in the jaw.

7 Nov 2026
Refrán № 23 Ladino
El ke no oye a su mujerika se trava la orejika

He who doesn't listen to his dear wife gets his little ear pulled.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 24 Ladino
Kuando una mujer se le yela el korason, se le sana la kavesa

When a woman's heart freezes, her head gets cured.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 25 Ladino
Komo yo eredi de mis padres i tu vas a eredar de mi

As I inherited from my parents, you will inherit from me.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 26 Ladino
Maldision sin razon torna a su patron

A curse without cause returns to its owner.

11 Nov 2026
Refrán № 27 Ladino
De una roza no se aze korona

A crown is not made from a single rose.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 28 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.

10 Nov 2026
Refrán № 29 Ladino
Un ombre sin amigo es komo la mano derecha sin la siedra

A man without a friend is like the right hand without the left.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 30 Ladino
Ni novya sin velo ni mujer sin selo

Neither a bride without a veil nor a wife without jealousy.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 31 Ladino
Ombre muerto no aze gerra

A dead man makes no war.

15 Nov 2026
Refrán № 32 Ladino
Mijor es tomar ombre sin paras, ke paras sin ombre

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

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 33 Ladino
La mujer no es kamiza ke se troka

A woman is not a shirt to be changed.

12 Nov 2026
Refrán № 34 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.

13 Nov 2026
Refrán № 35 Ladino
Boka dulse avre puertas de fierro

A sweet mouth opens iron doors.

14 Nov 2026
Refrán № 36 Ladino
El novyo es muy ermozo, komo el gato enganyozo

The groom is very handsome, like the deceitful cat.

13 1 Nov 2026
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