Phrase guide

penalty kick

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A form of direct free kick, taken from the penalty spot after a defensive foul in the penalty box, with only the goalkeeper defending the goal.

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

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noun

Meaning 2

A form of free kick in which the ball may be kicked towards touch, towards the goal or dribbled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

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Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَكْلَةُ جَزَاء (raklatu jazāʔ) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Arabic: بلنتي (balanti) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Armenian: տասնմեկ մետրանոց հարված (tasnmek metranocʻ harvac) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Armenian: տասնմեկ մետրանոց (tasnmek metranocʻ) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Armenian: պենալ (penal) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Bulgarian: дузпа (duzpa) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Catalan: penal — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Chinese Mandarin: 點球 /点球 (diǎnqiú) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Chinese Mandarin: 罰球 /罚球 (fáqiú) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Chinese Mandarin: 十二碼 /十二码 (shí'èrmǎ) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Chinese Mandarin: 罰點球 /罚点球 (fádiǎnqiú) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Cornish: pot spal — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Czech: pokutový kop — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Czech: penalta — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Czech: desítka — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Czech: trestňák — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Danish: straffespark — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Dutch: strafschop — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Dutch: penalty — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Dutch: elfmeter — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Dutch: pingel — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Faroese: brotsspark — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Finnish: rangaistuspotku — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Finnish: rankkari — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • French: penalty — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • French: péno — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Galician: penalti — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Georgian: პენალტი (ṗenalṭi) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Georgian: თერთმეტმეტრიანი დარტყმა (tertmeṭmeṭriani darṭq̇ma) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • German: Strafstoß — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • German: Elfmeter — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Greek: πέναλτι (pénalti) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Greek: η εσχάτη των ποινών (i escháti ton poinón) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Hebrew: פנדל (péndel) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Hungarian: tizenegyes — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Hungarian: büntetőrúgás — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Icelandic: vítaspyrna — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Icelandic: víti — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Irish: pionós — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Italian: calcio di rigore — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Italian: rigore — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Japanese: ペナルティーキック (penarutīkikku) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Japanese: ペナルティー (penarutī) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Japanese: PK (PK) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Kazakh: айыпдоп (aiypdop) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Korean: 페널티킥 (peneoltikik) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Korean: 페널티 (peneolti) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Korean: 피케이 (pikei) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Korean: 11미터 벌차기 (sibilmiteo beolchagi) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Latvian: soda sitiens — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Macedonian: пена́л (penál) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Norwegian: straffe — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Norwegian: straffespark — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Polish: rzut karny — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Portuguese: grande penalidade — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Portuguese: pênalti — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Portuguese: penálti — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Romanian: penalti — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Romanian: lovitură de la 11 metri — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Romanian: lovitură de pedeapsă — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Russian: пена́льти (penálʹti) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Russian: одиннадцатиметро́вый уда́р (odinnadcatimetróvyj udár) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Russian: одиннадцатиметро́вка (odinnadcatimetróvka) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Scottish Gaelic: buille pheanasach — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Scottish Gaelic: buille-pheanasachaidh — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Slovene: enajstmetrovka — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Spanish: penal — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Spanish: penalti — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Spanish: tiro penal — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Spanish: penalty (pénalti) — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Swedish: straff — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Swedish: straffspark — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Tagalog: sipang bayad-sala — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Turkish: penaltı — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Ukrainian: пенàльті — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Vietnamese: đá phạt — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Vietnamese: đá phạt đền — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Vietnamese: phạt đền — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Walloon: penalti — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Welsh: cic gosb — soccer: form of direct free kick
  • Catalan: xut de càstig — rugby: form of free kick
  • Cornish: pot spal — rugby: form of free kick
  • Finnish: rangaistuspotku — rugby: form of free kick
  • German: Straftritt — rugby: form of free kick
  • Polish: rzut karny — rugby: form of free kick
  • Russian: штрафно́й уда́р (štrafnój udár) — rugby: form of free kick
  • Tagalog: sipang bayad-sala — rugby: form of free kick
  • Welsh: cic gosb — rugby: form of free kick