Phrase guide

penalty area

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَنْطِقَةُ العَمَلِيَّات (manṭiqatu l-ʕamaliyyāt) — area on a soccer pitch
  • Armenian: տուգանային հրապարակ (tuganayin hraparak) — area on a soccer pitch
  • Bulgarian: наказателно поле — area on a soccer pitch
  • Catalan: àrea de penal — area on a soccer pitch
  • Catalan: àrea de càstig — area on a soccer pitch
  • Czech: pokutové území — area on a soccer pitch
  • Czech: vápno — area on a soccer pitch
  • Czech: velké vápno — area on a soccer pitch
  • Danish: straffesparksfelt — area on a soccer pitch
  • Dutch: strafschopgebied — area on a soccer pitch
  • Dutch: zestienmetergebied — area on a soccer pitch
  • Dutch: zestien — area on a soccer pitch
  • Faroese: brotsteigur — area on a soccer pitch
  • Finnish: rangaistusalue — area on a soccer pitch
  • French: surface de réparation — area on a soccer pitch
  • German: Strafraum — area on a soccer pitch
  • German: Sechzehnmeterraum — area on a soccer pitch
  • German: Sechzehner — area on a soccer pitch
  • Icelandic: vítateigur — area on a soccer pitch
  • Italian: area di rigore — area on a soccer pitch
  • Italian: area — area on a soccer pitch
  • Polish: pole karne — area on a soccer pitch
  • Portuguese: grande área — area on a soccer pitch
  • Romanian: suprafață de pedeapsă — area on a soccer pitch
  • Romanian: careu de 16 metri — area on a soccer pitch
  • Russian: штрафна́я пло́щадь (štrafnája plóščadʹ) — area on a soccer pitch
  • Russian: штрафна́я (štrafnája) — area on a soccer pitch
  • Swedish: straffområde — area on a soccer pitch
  • Swedish: straffzon — area on a soccer pitch
  • Turkish: ceza sahası — area on a soccer pitch
  • Ukrainian: штрафни́й майда́нчик (štrafnýj majdánčyk) — area on a soccer pitch
  • Welsh: cwrt cosbi — area on a soccer pitch
  • Czech: brankoviště — area on a futsal field