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French
Pronunciation
Participle
pelé (feminine pelée, masculine plural pelés, feminine plural pelées)
- past participle of peler
Adjective
pelé (feminine pelée, masculine plural pelés, feminine plural pelées)
- bare; (of animal) mangy
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Named after Brazilian footballer Pelé (1940–2022), who was known as the King of Football.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: pe‧lé
Noun
pelé m or f by sense (plural pelés)
- (Brazil, colloquial, sometimes humorous) king (dominant figure in a field)
- Synonym: rei
Ayrton Senna foi o pelé da F1- Ayrton Senna was the king of F1
Further reading
Spanish
Verb
pelé
- first-person singular preterite indicative of pelar