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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. 1411Hot
  2. 2 Padre i Madre es una vez Father and Mother is only once. 223
  3. 3 A karne dura diente agudo Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth. 420
Refrán № 01 Ladino
Los anyos ke bivi no los va bivir mas

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

141 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 02 Ladino
A karne dura diente agudo

Tough meat calls for a sharp tooth.

42 Nov 2026
Refrán № 03 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.

26 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 04 Ladino
Kon paras los mudos kantan

Money makes mutes sing too.

25 Nov 2026
Refrán № 05 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.

25 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 06 Ladino
De tal palo tala estiya, de tal padre tal ijo

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

23 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 07 Ladino
Padre i Madre es una vez

Father and Mother is only once.

22 3 Nov 2026
Refrán № 08 Ladino
Mil penseryos no pagan una devda

A thousand worries do not pay a debt.

22 2 Nov 2026
Refrán № 09 Ladino
La mujer es komo la uva, kuando se aruga se aze mas dulse i mas savroza

A woman is like a grape: when she wrinkles, she becomes sweeter and tastier.

21 Nov 2026
Refrán № 10 Ladino
Dos gayos en una kaza no kaven

Two roosters don't fit in one house.

20 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 11 Ladino
El korason no esta siempre de akordo kon el meoyo

The heart is not always in agreement with the brain.

20 Nov 2026
Refrán № 12 Ladino
Kuando los echos avlan, las palavras sovran

When the work talks,words are unnecessary.

19 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 13 Ladino
Detras de kada mujer komicha ay un ombre haragan i tembel ke la kita loka

Behind every nagging woman is a lazy, idle man who drives her crazy.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 14 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.

19 Nov 2026
Refrán № 15 Ladino
El Dio da muez al ke no tiene dientes

God gives nuts to the toothless one.

18 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 16 Ladino
La agua pasa, el lodo keda

The water goes but the mud stays

18 Nov 2026
Refrán № 17 Ladino
La ke amariyo vistyo de su ermozura se trivio

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

18 1 Nov 2026
Refrán № 18 Ladino
El eskaso no tiene deskanso

The needy have no rest.

18 Nov 2026
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