‘Out of the ordinary:’ Football great Pele enters Portuguese dictionary as an adjective

SAO PAULO, Brazil – “Pele,” arguably the best footballer in history, is now also an adjective. On Wednesday, the word “pele” was added to the more than 167,000 words in the Michaelis Portuguese dictionary printed in Brazil. For the world’s 265 million-odd Portuguese speakers, “pele” can now be used to denote something or someone extraordinary […]

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