countenance
rostro
definition
verb
he was reluctant to countenance the use of force
admit as acceptable or possible.
noun
his impenetrable eyes and inscrutable countenance give little away
a person's face or facial expression.
she was giving her specific countenance to the occasion
support.
translation of 'countenance'
verb
apoyar,
tolerar
noun
semblante,
aspecto,
apoyo,
ayuda,
rostro
example
This was an insult he could no longer 'countenance' , and so he had decided that all high-risk surgeries would be transferred to another hospital.
she was giving her specific 'countenance' to the occasion
No judicial 'countenance' can or ought to be given in matters of taxation to any system of extra-legal concessions.
Moyes cannot help but 'countenance' going the same way.
We all know the ABC would never give 'countenance' to the perverted influence of base and vulgar advertising.
his impenetrable eyes and inscrutable 'countenance' give little away
his impenetrable eyes and inscrutable 'countenance' give little away
The man, appropriately, shone his 'countenance' approvingly upon her.
he was reluctant to 'countenance' the use of force
she was giving her specific 'countenance' to the occasion
Is there any parent who would argue for, or 'countenance' , the early evacuation of one sick child from an Intensive Care Unit bed in favour of their own child?
he was reluctant to 'countenance' the use of force
Her intense awareness of the camera's abilities is registered in every detail of her pictures, in the precision of their compositions, and in the 'countenances' of her subjects.
He inwardly grinned along with Elizabeth, but both of them kept impassive 'countenances' in front of their son.
Racist behaviour is criminal, and cannot be 'countenanced' .
Hard, fearful looks crowned their 'countenances' as they gazed upon us.
Several portraits feature beautiful faces, some with deeply lined, wizened 'countenances' .
The artist was taught to locate the animal traits beneath human 'countenances' , creating a sketch that teetered on the cusp between Homo sapiens and the lower creatures: truer to life than the mundane appearance of the subject himself.
As for the Americans, theirs were grim 'countenances' .
It was the perfect damsel-in-distress expression, she'd seen executed on the 'countenances' of several ladies.
Defeat to ‘the town’ team would not have been 'countenanced' in the past and this result will surely send shock waves across the Slieve Blooms.
The Chairman said although it sounded funny, that sort of thing must not be 'countenanced' , and the Surveyor was instructed to notify the police and take proceedings against any future offenders.
The man seems simply incapable of 'countenancing' the notion that this nation can ever do wrong.
Of course, it is understood the money must be used strictly for digging wells[… ] and no other use will be 'countenanced' , that must be understood. […]
The servant, as that was now what he all-too-obviously was, prayed no one would notice his slip of the tongue, but clearly they remained unanswered by the expressions on everyone's surprised and confused 'countenances' .
A monk gazes upward through a dark chapel towards a shining stained-glass triptych; a nun gazes across a black expanse at a candle flame; wizened, benevolent 'countenances' are upturned, and the light of faith shines down upon them.
A quick glance at some of the figures, ironically, and several of the figures seem to resemble one another, with their pointed headdresses and bug-eyed 'countenances' .
‘I can't be the only person to see that,’ one of the women said, and the rest of the women shook their heads; once more, their wild hair flew about their surprised 'countenances' .
Capital punishment has been outlawed most places, and even where it is allowed, brutality of that kind would not be 'countenanced' .
The Greenheads are humanoid - human like - but their 'countenances' and outlines are conspicuously similar to the Grays, the archetypal aliens who appear in abduction stories in popular culture.
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