The name of the legendary football player Pele was included in the Portuguese language dictionary (2 photos + 1 video)

Now every native speaker can call someone unsurpassed by his name.





The name of one of the most famous scorers in the history of football immortalized in Portuguese dictionaries as a synonym for the word "best". And this is not some kind of whim of philologists - they are just fixed this norm in the documents. In Latin American countries, especially in Brazil, Pele is so popular that his name is colloquially has been used for a long time.

Pele in basketball", "Pele in tennis". Now the expression, which everyone has been using everywhere for a long time, talking about the best, immortalized in the pages of the dictionary. Together we made history and contributed the name of the King of Football in the Portuguese Dictionary. pele means "best". Together we made history and brought the name of the King of Football into Portuguese dictionary



Pele (real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento) died on 29 December 2022 at the age of 82. The footballer became three times world champion, in 1999 the International Olympic Committee recognized his athlete of the century. Pele is also included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most productive forward - it is considered that for a professional career he scored 1281 goals.

The legend was buried on January 3, 2023 in a vertical cemetery in the Brazilian city of Santos.

One of hundreds of cuts of Pele's highlights.