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Que él no es tan petete.
si no sale perico está picado
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Jul 10, 2019 14:52
4 yrs ago
Spanish term

y lo pisas

Spanish to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Puerto Rican slang / drug deal
The context is the transcript of a conversation about selling drugs:

y cuando ya suban lo otro, cobrales trescientos, y lo pisas. ¿entiendes? Cobras doscientos y haces cuatrocientos

*******
and take your cut ???

and you'll make out fine ???

Discussion

Robert Forstag (asker) Jul 10, 2019:
@Toni Thank you for the information. This tends to support my intuition that "take your cut" would work here.
Toni Castano Jul 10, 2019:
@Robert I am not Puerto Rican and have really no idea what your source might mean (have just a suspicion, not worth posting an answer).
However, you may find it useful to examine the following reference:
https://tesoro.pr/lema/pisar
pisar
1. Recibir compensación en un negocio que efectúan otras dos personas. Beneficiarse de negocios ajenos.
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