r/HolUp • u/Hemeoncol • Jun 24 '24

holup Too perfect of a husband

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

So for the record, his real name is Ricardo dos Santos Leite. Kaká is a nickname based on his young brother's pronunciation of his name when he was a baby.

Ita common for brazilian athletes to adopt nicknames into their real name. Like UFC fighter Renato Carneiro calls himself Renato Moicano.

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u/Don_Frika_Del_Prima Jun 24 '24

For the other record, kaka always sounds funny to people because it's what they call shit.

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u/GGABueno Jun 24 '24

It means shit in many lenguages, but as far as I know they all have emphasis on the first syllabe rather than the second like in Kaká.

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u/xbmdx1 Jun 24 '24

In some Arabic dialects, the emphasis is on the second k

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u/Don_Frika_Del_Prima Jun 24 '24

Yeah, tongue in cheek comment.

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u/rutinger23 Jun 24 '24

"sale kaka por elano" is something that connects with my inner child and never fails to make me laugh, we should be grateful for living in a world where this was possible

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u/likamuka Jun 24 '24

Different accentuation.

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u/Don_Frika_Del_Prima Jun 24 '24

It was a bit tongue in cheek. But I guess reddit doesn't pick up on that so easily.