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Pelé, the name by which Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the famous former Brazilian footballer, is known to the whole world, has now officially entered the dictionary. The proposal was made some time ago.
Pelé is one of the 167,000 words in the dictionary of common nouns in the Portuguese language, spoken by 265 million people. The nickname of one of the greatest footballers of all time, who passed away on December 29 at the age of 82, can be used colloquially in Brazil as a synonym for great.
In the Michaelis dictionary of the Portuguese language, "pelé" (without the capital letter) is synonymous with "extraordinary, perfect, incomparable, unique".
