Meanings
plural red cards
- hobbiesA card displayed by the referee when a player is sent off for a serious infringement of the rules.
In the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Argentine player Diego Maradona was given a red card for striking US player Tab Ramos.
1 more example
An off the ball incident led to N'Zogbia confronting Wilshere before leaning his head into the Englishman and giving referee Lee Probert no choice but to show the red card.
2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, in BBC - colloquialAny official instructions to vacate an area.
I hoped to park in the members' area but the attendant showed me the red card.
- USfirefightingA card indicating a firefighter's qualifications and specialties.
Translations
Afrikaans rooi kaart
- rooi kaartsports: card
Basque txartel gorri
- txartel gorrisports: card
Bulgarian червен картон
- червен картон (červen karton)sports: card
Catalan targeta vermella
- targeta vermellasports: card
Chinese Mandarin 紅牌 /红牌
- 紅牌 /红牌 (hóngpái)sports: card
Czech červená karta
- červená kartasports: card
Danish rødt kort
- rødt kortsports: card
Dutch rode kaart
- rode kaartsports: card
Esperanto ruĝa karto
- ruĝa kartosports: card
Estonian punane kaart
- punane kaartsports: card
Finnish punainen kortti, poistumiskehotus
- punainen korttisports: card
- poistumiskehotusinstructions to vacate an area
French carton rouge, carte rouge
- carton rougesports: card
- carte rougesports: card
- carton rougeinstructions to vacate an area
German rote Karte
- rote Kartesports: card
Greek κόκκινη κάρτα
- κόκκινη κάρτα (kókkini kárta)sports: card
Hebrew כרטיס אדום
- כרטיס אדום (kartís adóm)sports: card
Hungarian piros lap
- piros lapsports: card
Icelandic rautt spjald
- rautt spjaldsports: card
Indonesian kartu merah
- kartu merahsports: card
Italian cartellino rosso
- cartellino rossosports: card
Japanese レッドカード
- レッドカード (reddo kādo)sports: card
Korean 레드카드, 퇴장표
- 레드카드 (redeukadeu)sports: card
- 퇴장표 (toejangpyo)sports: card
Malay kad merah
- kad merahsports: card
Norwegian Bokmål rødt kort
- rødt kortsports: card
Persian کارت قرمز
- کارت قرمز (kârt-e qermez)sports: card
Polish czerwona kartka
- czerwona kartkasports: card
Portuguese cartão vermelho
- cartão vermelhosports: card
Romanian cartonaș roșu
- cartonaș roșusports: card
Russian кра́сная ка́рточка
- кра́сная ка́рточка (krásnaja kártočka)sports: card
Spanish tarjeta roja
- tarjeta rojasports: card
Swahili kadi nyekundu
- kadi nyekundusports: card
Swedish rött kort
- rött kortsports: card
Turkish kırmızı kart
- kırmızı kartsports: card
Ukrainian черво́на ка́ртка
- черво́на ка́ртка (červóna kártka)sports: card
Vietnamese thẻ đỏ
- thẻ đỏsports: card
Cite this entry
red card. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20card
“red card.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20card. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red card,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20card.
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