penalize

English

WOTD – 21 April 2010

Alternative forms

• penalise (UK)

Etymology

From penal +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.nəl.aɪz/, /ˈpɛn.əl.aɪz/

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Verb

penalize (third-person singular simple present penalizes, present participle penalizing, simple past and past participle penalized)

1. (transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.
2. (transitive, sports) To impose a handicap on.

Related terms

• penal
• penalization
• penalty

Translations

to subject to a penalty

• Armenian: տուգանել (hy) (tuganel), պատժել (hy) (patžel)
• Bulgarian: наказвам (bg) (nakazvam)
• Catalan: penalitzar (ca)
• Dutch: straffen (nl)
• Finnish: rangaista (fi)
• French: pénaliser (fr)
• German: bestrafen (de)
• Hungarian: megbüntet (hu)
• Irish: pionósaigh
• Maori: ngahi, ngawhi
• Norwegian: straffe (no)
• Persian: تنبیه کردن (fa) (tanbih kardan)
• Portuguese: penalizar
• Russian: штрафова́ть (ru) (štrafovátʹ), нака́зывать (ru) (nakázyvatʹ), караться законом (karatʹsja zakonom)
• Spanish: penalizar (es)
• Turkish: cezalandırmak (tr)

to impose a handicap on

• Armenian: տուգանել (hy) (tuganel)
• Finnish: rangaista (fi)
• Italian: penalizzare (it)
• Russian: штрафова́ть (ru) (štrafovátʹ), накла́дывать штраф (nakládyvatʹ štraf)
• Spanish: infligir un castigo

Anagrams

• panelize

Portuguese

Verb

penalize

1. inflection of penalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative