The goalpost blocked Gustavo's shot.
Source: tatoeba (11766903)
Goalpost
//ˈɡəʊlpəʊst//
Synonyms for "goalpost"
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36 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- շտանգա noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
- ուղղահայաց դարպասաձող noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Catalan
1 entries- pal de la porteria noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 門柱 /门柱 noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Faroese
2 entries- málstong noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
- stong noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Finnish
2 entries- maalitolppa noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
- tolppa noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
French
2 entries- poteau noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
- poteau de but noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Georgian
2 entries- კარების ძელი noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
- სპორტული noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
German
1 entries- Torpfosten noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Greek
1 entries- κάθετο δοκάρι noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Icelandic
2 entries- markstöng noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
- marksúla noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Indonesian
1 entries- tiang gawang noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Ingrian
1 entries- rajapatsas noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Italian
1 entries- palo noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Japanese
1 entries- ゴールポスト noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Korean
2 entries- 골대 noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
- 골포스트 noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Malay
1 entries- gawang noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഗോൾ പോസ്റ്റ് noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Māori
2 entries- pou piro noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
- pou ūhanga noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Norwegian
2 entries- målstang noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
- stang noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Polish
1 entries- słupek noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Portuguese
1 entries- trave noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Romanian
1 entries- ștachetă noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Russian
1 entries- шта́нга noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- post-bàire noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Swedish
2 entries- målstolpe noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
- stolpe noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Zulu
1 entries- uthi class 11/10 noun (vertical side pole of a goal)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Rachel's left-footed piledriver smacked the goalpost and rebounded away to safety to a chorus of agonised groans from the terraces.
Source: tatoeba (11816533)
The ball ricocheted off the goalpost and went in.
Source: tatoeba (11880464)
The ball hit the goalpost.
Source: tatoeba (12905437)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.