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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.
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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. 1721Hot
  2. 2 Padre i Madre es una vez Father and Mother is only once. 223
  3. 3 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. 272
Refrán № 01 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

22 3 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.

27 2 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.

26 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
Mil penseryos no pagan una devda

A thousand worries do not pay a debt.

22 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.

172 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 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.

26 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
Kuando los echos avlan, las palavras sovran

When the work talks,words are unnecessary.

22 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
Dos gayos en una kaza no kaven

Two roosters don't fit in one house.

22 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
La ke amariyo vistyo de su ermozura se trivio

She who dressed in yellow dared (to show) her beauty.

19 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
El Dio da muez al ke no tiene dientes

God gives nuts to the toothless one.

18 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
Si no saves nadar ke bushkas en el borde del mar

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

18 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
Tripa vaziya korason sin alegria

An empty belly, a heart without joy.

18 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
El amor es dolor de kulo ke no desha durmir a dinguno

Love is a pain in the backside that lets no one sleep.

17 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 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.

17 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
No ay mas sodro del ke no kere oyir

There is no one deafer than he who does not want to hear.

15 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
Mas vale poko ke nada

It's better a little than nothing.

14 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
Sin disiplina no ay milizina

There's no medicine without discipline.

14 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
Ande no ay Madre no ay ni Padre

Where there is no mother, there is no father either.

14 1 Nov 2026
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