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What does «permiso» mean in Dominican Spanish?

permiso — excuse me
permiso

excuse me

Meaningexcuse me
Standard Spanishcon permiso
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«Permiso, voy a pasar.»

Excuse me, coming through.

Said when entering a house, squeezing past people, and getting up from the table. Not saying it gets noticed.

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