Meanings
nounpenalty kick (plural penalty kicks)
plural penalty kicks
- ball gamesA 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.
Translations
Arabic رَكْلَةُ جَزَاء
- رَكْلَةُ جَزَاء (raklatu jazāʔ)soccer: form of direct free kick
Bulgarian дузпа
- дузпа (duzpa)soccer: form of direct free kick
Catalan penal, xut de càstig
- penalsoccer: form of direct free kick
- xut de càstigrugby: form of free kick
Chinese Mandarin 點球 /点球, 罰球 /罚球
- 點球 /点球 (diǎnqiú)soccer: form of direct free kick
- 罰球 /罚球 (fáqiú)soccer: form of direct free kick
- 十二碼 /十二码 (shí'èrmǎ)soccer: form of direct free kick
- 罰點球 /罚点球 (fádiǎnqiú)soccer: form of direct free kick
Czech pokutový kop, penalta
- pokutový kopsoccer: form of direct free kick
- penaltasoccer: form of direct free kick
- desítkasoccer: form of direct free kick
- trestňáksoccer: form of direct free kick
Danish straffespark
- straffesparksoccer: form of direct free kick
Dutch strafschop, penalty
- strafschopsoccer: form of direct free kick
- penaltysoccer: form of direct free kick
- elfmetersoccer: form of direct free kick
- pingelsoccer: form of direct free kick
Finnish rangaistuspotku, rankkari
- rangaistuspotkusoccer: form of direct free kick
- rankkarisoccer: form of direct free kick
- rangaistuspotkurugby: form of free kick
French penalty, péno
- penaltysoccer: form of direct free kick
- pénosoccer: form of direct free kick
German Strafstoß, Elfmeter
- Strafstoßsoccer: form of direct free kick
- Elfmetersoccer: form of direct free kick
- Straftrittrugby: form of free kick
Greek πέναλτι, η εσχάτη των ποινών
- πέναλτι (pénalti)soccer: form of direct free kick
- η εσχάτη των ποινών (i escháti ton poinón)soccer: form of direct free kick
Hebrew פנדל
- פנדל (péndel)soccer: form of direct free kick
Hungarian tizenegyes, büntetőrúgás
- tizenegyessoccer: form of direct free kick
- büntetőrúgássoccer: form of direct free kick
Icelandic vítaspyrna, víti
- vítaspyrnasoccer: form of direct free kick
- vítisoccer: form of direct free kick
Irish pionós
- pionóssoccer: form of direct free kick
Italian calcio di rigore, rigore
- calcio di rigoresoccer: form of direct free kick
- rigoresoccer: form of direct free kick
Japanese ペナルティーキック, ペナルティー
- ペナルティーキック (penarutīkikku)soccer: form of direct free kick
- ペナルティー (penarutī)soccer: form of direct free kick
- PK (PK)soccer: form of direct free kick
Korean 페널티킥, 페널티
- 페널티킥 (peneoltikik)soccer: form of direct free kick
- 페널티 (peneolti)soccer: form of direct free kick
- 피케이 (pikei)soccer: form of direct free kick
- 11미터 벌차기 (sibilmiteo beolchagi)soccer: form of direct free kick
Latvian soda sitiens
- soda sitienssoccer: form of direct free kick
Norwegian straffe, straffespark
- straffesoccer: form of direct free kick
- straffesparksoccer: form of direct free kick
Polish rzut karny, karny
- rzut karnysoccer: form of direct free kick
- karnysoccer: form of direct free kick
- karniaksoccer: form of direct free kick
- rzut karnyrugby: form of free kick
Portuguese grande penalidade, pênalti
- grande penalidadesoccer: form of direct free kick
- pênaltisoccer: form of direct free kick
- penáltisoccer: form of direct free kick
Romanian penalti, lovitură de la 11 metri
- penaltisoccer: form of direct free kick
- lovitură de la 11 metrisoccer: form of direct free kick
- lovitură de pedeapsăsoccer: form of direct free kick
Russian пена́льти, одиннадцатиметро́вый уда́р
- пена́льти (penálʹti)soccer: form of direct free kick
- одиннадцатиметро́вый уда́р (odinnadcatimetróvyj udár)soccer: form of direct free kick
- одиннадцатиметро́вка (odinnadcatimetróvka)soccer: form of direct free kick
- штрафно́й уда́р (štrafnój udár)rugby: form of free kick
Scottish Gaelic buille pheanasach, buille-pheanasachaidh
- buille pheanasachsoccer: form of direct free kick
- buille-pheanasachaidhsoccer: form of direct free kick
Spanish penal, penalti
- penalsoccer: form of direct free kick
- penaltisoccer: form of direct free kick
- tiro penalsoccer: form of direct free kick
- penaltysoccer: form of direct free kick
Swedish straff, straffspark
- straffsoccer: form of direct free kick
- straffsparksoccer: form of direct free kick
Tagalog sipang bayad-sala, sipang bayad-sala
- sipang bayad-salasoccer: form of direct free kick
- sipang bayad-salarugby: form of free kick
Turkish penaltı
- penaltısoccer: form of direct free kick
Ukrainian пенàльті
- пенàльтіsoccer: form of direct free kick
Vietnamese đá phạt, đá phạt đền
- đá phạtsoccer: form of direct free kick
- đá phạt đềnsoccer: form of direct free kick
- phạt đềnsoccer: form of direct free kick
Welsh cic gosb, cic gosb
- cic gosbsoccer: form of direct free kick
- cic gosbrugby: form of free kick
Cite this entry
APA
penalty kick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penalty%20kick
MLA
“penalty kick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penalty%20kick. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “penalty kick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penalty%20kick.
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