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/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "ree" (as in "reed") + "keh" (as in "kept") + "AHR" (as in "art")/

Meaning

To do cocaine. The verb comes from "perico," the slang name for cocaine in Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela. Used casually in conversation when talking about drug use.

Examples

He went to do coke in the bathroom and took twenty minutes.

Ever since he stopped doing cocaine he is doing a lot better.

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Bandera de Argentina
Falopear

/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "ree" (as in "reed") + "keh" (as in "kept") + "AHR" (as in "art")/

Meaning

To talk nonstop, like a parrot that just will not quit. In Mexico, periquear describes someone who chatters endlessly about anything and everything, whether from nerves, excitement, or just an unstoppable need to fill every silence.

Examples

That woman started chattering and would not let me get away for a full hour.

Stop yapping and get to work, there is a lot to do.

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To drive a vehicle, the standard verb used across Latin America for what Spain calls "conducir." Getting behind the wheel and navigating the traffic, the potholes, and the drivers who seem to have invented their own personal rules of the road.