penalty spot

English

Etymology

penalty + spot

Noun

penalty spot (plural penalty spots)

1. (soccer) a small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken

Synonyms

• penalty mark

Translations

spot from where penalty kicks are taken

• Catalan: punt de penal (ca) m
• Dutch: penaltystip (nl) f, strafschopstip (nl) f
• Faroese: brotssparksblettur m
• French: point de penalty (fr)
• German: Elfmeterpunkt (de) m
• Greek: σημείο του πέναλτι n (simeío tou pénalti)
• Italian: dischetto (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: straffemerke n

  Nynorsk: straffemerke n

• Romanian: punctul loviturii de pedeapsă n
• Swedish: straffpunkt (sv) c
• Turkish: penaltı noktası (tr)