Meanings
plural penalty areas
- ball gamesAn 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.
Racing out of his penalty area after a poor clearance, Haimov was beaten to the ball by Jerome, who rolled it to the waiting Shotton to fire a low shot past the goalkeeper.
2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC SportSynonyms: 18-yard box, box, penalty box
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn 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.
Translations
Arabic مَنْطِقَةُ العَمَلِيَّات
- مَنْطِقَةُ العَمَلِيَّات (manṭiqatu l-ʕamaliyyāt)area on a soccer pitch
Bulgarian наказателно поле
- наказателно полеarea on a soccer pitch
Catalan àrea de penal, àrea de càstig
- àrea de penalarea on a soccer pitch
- àrea de càstigarea on a soccer pitch
Czech pokutové území, vápno
- pokutové územíarea on a soccer pitch
- vápnoarea on a soccer pitch
- velké vápnoarea on a soccer pitch
- brankovištěarea on a futsal field
Danish straffesparksfelt
- straffesparksfeltarea on a soccer pitch
Dutch strafschopgebied, zestienmetergebied
- strafschopgebiedarea on a soccer pitch
- zestienmetergebiedarea on a soccer pitch
- zestienarea on a soccer pitch
Finnish rangaistusalue
- rangaistusaluearea on a soccer pitch
French surface de réparation
- surface de réparationarea on a soccer pitch
German Strafraum, Sechzehnmeterraum
- Strafraumarea on a soccer pitch
- Sechzehnmeterraumarea on a soccer pitch
- Sechzehnerarea on a soccer pitch
Icelandic vítateigur
- vítateigurarea on a soccer pitch
Italian area di rigore, area
- area di rigorearea on a soccer pitch
- areaarea on a soccer pitch
Polish pole karne, pole karne
- pole karnearea on a soccer pitch
- pole karnearea on a futsal field
Portuguese grande área
- grande áreaarea on a soccer pitch
Romanian suprafață de pedeapsă, careu de 16 metri
- suprafață de pedeapsăarea on a soccer pitch
- careu de 16 metriarea on a soccer pitch
Russian штрафна́я пло́щадь, штрафна́я
- штрафна́я пло́щадь (štrafnája plóščadʹ)area on a soccer pitch
- штрафна́я (štrafnája)area on a soccer pitch
Swedish straffområde, straffzon
- straffområdearea on a soccer pitch
- straffzonarea on a soccer pitch
Turkish ceza sahası
- ceza sahasıarea on a soccer pitch
Ukrainian штрафни́й майда́нчик
- штрафни́й майда́нчик (štrafnýj majdánčyk)area on a soccer pitch
Welsh cwrt cosbi
- cwrt cosbiarea on a soccer pitch
Cite this entry
penalty area. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penalty%20area
“penalty area.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penalty%20area. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “penalty area,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penalty%20area.
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