autogol

Albanian

Noun

autogol

1. own goal

Catalan

Etymology

From auto- +‎ gol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌaw.tuˈɣɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˌaw.toˈɣɔl]

Noun

autogol m (plural autogols)

1. (football (soccer)) own goal

   Synonym: gol en pròpia porta

Galician

Etymology

From auto- +‎ gol.

Noun

autogol m (plural autogoles)

1. (football (soccer)) own goal

   Synonyms: gol en propia porta, gol en propia meta

Italian

Etymology

From auto- +‎ gol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw.toˈɡɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧gòl

Noun

autogol m (invariable)

1. (soccer) own goal
2. (figurative, by extension) action that backfires
   • 2020 September 30, Anna Lombardi, “Parlando di tasse, però, Biden perde un po' il filo. Dura pochissimo, ma è una defaillance evidente. [Trump-Biden, first heated debate: repeated insults and interruptions on Covid, Supreme Court and economy]”, in la Repubblica‎^[1]:

     Lui non lo fa, esita, le rivolte sono colpa degli Antifa, dice. "Antifa è un'idea, non un'organizzazione", risponde il democratico. Un autogol.

     He does not do it, hesitates, the revolts are Antifa's fault, he says. "Antifa is an idea, not an organization", responds the Democrat. It backfires.

Alternative forms

• autogoal

Synonyms

• autorete

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French autogoal.

Noun

autogol n (plural autogoluri)

1. own goal

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	autogol	autogolul		autogoluri	autogolurile
genitive-dative	autogol	autogolului		autogoluri	autogolurilor
vocative	autogolule			autogolurilor

Spanish

Etymology

From auto- +‎ gol.

Noun

autogol m (plural autogoles)

1. (football (soccer)) own goal

   Synonyms: gol en propia puerta/meta, gol en contra

Further reading

• “autogol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28