"penalty spot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: penalty spots [plural]
Etymology: penalty + spot Head templates: {{en-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 Categories (topical): Football (soccer) Synonyms: penalty mark Translations (spot from where penalty kicks are taken): punt de penal [masculine] (Catalan), penaltystip [feminine] (Dutch), strafschopstip [feminine] (Dutch), brotssparksblettur [masculine] (Faroese), point de penalty (French), Elfmeterpunkt [masculine] (German), σημείο του πέναλτι (simeío tou pénalti) [neuter] (Greek), dischetto [masculine] (Italian), straffemerke [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), straffemerke [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), punctul loviturii de pedeapsă [neuter] (Romanian), straffpunkt [common-gender] (Swedish), penaltı noktası (Turkish)

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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
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          "word": "punt de penal"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
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          "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
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          "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
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          "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
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          "roman": "simeío tou pénalti",
          "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
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          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "punctul loviturii de pedeapsă"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "straffpunkt"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
          "word": "penaltı noktası"
        }
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
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      ],
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    },
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    },
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      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
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      "word": "brotssparksblettur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Elfmeterpunkt"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "simeío tou pénalti",
      "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σημείο του πέναλτι"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dischetto"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "straffemerke"
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      "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "straffemerke"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "punctul loviturii de pedeapsă"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "straffpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "spot from where penalty kicks are taken",
      "word": "penaltı noktası"
    }
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