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Glossary
Some words are better left in Portuguese. These are the ones that turn up most often here.
Club
- Verdão / Alviverde
- Palmeiras nicknames — "Big Green" and "green and white".
- Porco
- "Pig" — the mascot the fans adopted for themselves.
- Nubank Parque
- Palmeiras' stadium, formerly Allianz Parque.
Rivalry
- Derby / Dérbi
- Palmeiras vs Corinthians.
- Choque-Rei
- Palmeiras vs São Paulo.
- Clássico da Saudade
- Palmeiras vs Santos.
Competition
- Paulistão
- The São Paulo state championship.
- Brasileirão
- The Brazilian Série A.
- Copa do Brasil
- The Brazilian domestic cup.
- Libertadores
- South America's equivalent of the Champions League.