Pele’s name was included in the Portuguese dictionary as a synonym for the word “best”
Pele’s name has been included in the Portuguese dictionary. This was reported on the page of a famous football player in Instagram (the social network is banned in the Russian Federation; belongs to the Meta corporation, which is recognized as extremist in Russia and banned).
Pele’s name was entered as a synonym for the word “best”. Pele in basketball, Pele in tennis. Now the expression, which everyone has been using everywhere for a long time, talking about the best, is immortalized on the pages of the dictionary. Together we made history and added the name of the King of Football to the Portuguese dictionary.
Pele died on December 29 at the age of 82. The cause of death was organ failure. The legendary football player was buried on January 3 at a vertical cemetery in the Brazilian city of Santos.
Pele is a three-time world football champion. He played as part of Santos for 18 years and, together with the team, became the champion of Brazil six times. In 1999, the International Olympic Committee recognized the striker as the athlete of the century.
Source: Lenta
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