Football Legend Pel├® Enters Dictionary | SEE THE MEANING
Faith Ukanwa
Apr 28, 2023
Football Legend Pel├® Enters Dictionary | SEE THE MEANING
Edson Arantes do Nascimento a.k.a. Pel├® has now got his own entry in a Portuguese-language dictionary, making his mark on language as well as sport
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Pel├®, the nickname of the late football legend, has officially become synonymous with "exceptional, incomparable, unique".
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The Portuguese-language Michaelis dictionary, one of the most popular in Brazil, added "pel├®" as a new adjective to its online edition.
The inclusion came after a campaign by the Pel├® Foundation to honour the football star gathered more than 125,000 signatures.
Pel├® died in December, 2022 aged 82.
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The only player to have won the World Cup three times, he is widely considered to be the best footballer in history.
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During his playing career spanning two decades, he scored a record 1,281 goals with Brazilian club Santos, Brazil's national team, and the New York Cosmos.
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Since his death from complications from colon cancer, his former club, Santos, sports channel SporTV and the Pel├® Foundation had been pressing for the football star's name to be recognised with its own entry in the dictionary.
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On Wednesday, the publishers behind Michaelis dictionaries announced the word would be included in the digital edition of their Portuguese-language dictionary immediately and in the printed version once the next edition was published.
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The entry reads:
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"pe.l├® adj. That or someone who is out of the ordinary, who or who by virtue of their quality, value or superiority cannot be equalled to anything or anyone, just like Pel├®, nickname of Edson Arantes do Nascimento (1940-2022), who is considered the greatest athlete of all time; exceptional, incomparable, unique."
The Pel├® Foundation, a charitable organisation created to preserve the player's legacy, said it was a fitting tribute to "the king".
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"The expression already used to refer to someone who is the best at what they do has been [made eternal] on the pages of the dictionary!" it tweeted.
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— Faith Ukanwa