Ladino Vocabulary

• Phrases
• Proverbs
• English phrases translated into Ladino
• Hebrew Words
• Turkish words
• In the Bedroom
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• Sewing needs
  
  

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Pila - Sink
Piron - Fork
Prostela - Apron



Phrases
- A el rey le dio dolor de tripa, a el vizir le dieron una ayuda - The King got a stomach ache, so they gave an enema to the Viceroy. (Poor guy, what a tragedy!)
- El yeser ara no te desha repozar - The evil inclination does not let you rest
- La boca de la jente es muy ancha - The mouth of the people is very wide
- La experiensa es madre de la sensya - Experience is a mother to knowledge
- Mas vale poco ke nada - Better a little than nothing
- Me vas a tratar un ayiscrin - You are treating me to an ice cream
- Nasen las ijas, pujan los dertes - The girls are born, the troubles multiply (As the father has to pay a dowry when marrying off a daughter)
- No ay rozas sin espinos - There are no roses without thorns
- No estamos envitados a la boda - We are not invited to the wedding
- Se movyo a la otra cona. - He moved to the other corner
- Se movyo al otro bloko - He moved to the next block
- Si al Dio no lo vemos, con sensya lo alcansamos - If we don't see G-d, we can reach him with our knowledge

- Te abetcho un tubitch - I'll bet you a quarter
- Tiene corason de piedra - He has a stone heart
- Va ir a la groceriya - I am going to the grocery store



Proverbs
- Boca dulce avre puertas de fierro - Kind words; open iron gates
- Caras vemos, corasones no conesemos - Faces we see, hearts we do not see through
- Cuando da el ijo al al padre yora el ijo yora el padre - When the son gives to the father, the son cries and the father cries.
- Cuando da el padre al ijo riye el padre el ijo - When the father gives to the son the father laughs and the son laughs.
- De ken una ves enganya, no es mas kreyido - He who tells a lie once, is never again believed
- Deshame entrar, y me azere lugar - Let me enter, and I'll make room for myself
- De una pulga lo azen un gameyo - They make a flea into a camel
- Dime con quien conoscas, de dire quien sos - Tell me whom you know, I'll tell you who you are
- El ganar y el perder son Haverim - Winning and losing are close companions
- El kierrer es pueder - To achieve, one must desire
- El ladron siempre avla mintiras - A thief always tells lies
- En boka serratha no entra moshka - If you don't talk about your problems, you cannot find a solution
- En raton nunca ve su cola - The rat never sees its tail
- La boca hace, la boca dezace - The mouth makes, the mouth [can] destroy
- La experiensa es madre de la sensya - Experience is the mother of wisdom
- La kara es espejo de la alma - The face and eyes are the mirrors of the soul
- La limpieza es juno a la rikeza - Cleanliness is next to wealth
- La sensya y la pasensya abaten al enemigo - Wisdom and patience beat the enemy
- Marido selozo no tiene repozo - A jealous husband never rests
- Mas vale un dracma de mazal que una oca de ducados - A single ounce of luck is worth more than a whole pile of money
- Mas vale verguensa en kara, ke dolor de korason - It is better to have shame on your face than pain in your heart.
- Paciencia es "paz y sencia"- Patience is peace and wisdom
- Seremos siempre por kavesa i no por kola - May we always be at the head and not the tail
- Uno anyo maz, un Sehel mas - One year older, one year wiser
- Tiempo pedrido nunka se topa - Lost time is never recovered
- Va con pye ogurli - Go with a good luck foot

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