penalty area

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penalty area

noun penalty areas

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. 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.
Similar: 18-yard box, box, penalty box

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noun area on a soccer pitch

Português	grande área
Français	surface de réparation
Deutsch	Strafraum, Sechzehnmeterraum, Sechzehner
Italiano	area di rigore, area
Română	suprafață de pedeapsă, careu de 16 metri
Русский	штрафна́я пло́щадь štrafnája plóščadʹ, штрафна́я štrafnája
العربية	مَنْطِقَةُ العَمَلِيَّات manṭiqatu l-ʕamaliyyāt

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@misc{penalty_area_2026,
  title = {penalty area},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/penalty%20area},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}