English
Noun
penalty area (plural penalty areas)
- (soccer, futsal) 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.
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2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport:- 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.
Synonyms
Translations
area on a soccer pitch
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- German: Strafraum (de) m
- Icelandic: vítateigur m
- Polish: pole karne n
- Portuguese: grande área f
- Romanian: suprafață de pedeapsă f, careu de 16 metri n
- Russian: штрафна́я пло́щадь f (štrafnája plóščadʹ), штрафна́я (ru) f (štrafnája) (colloquial)
- Swedish: straffområde (sv) n, (rare) straffzon c
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