Summary
countenance {noun}
cara · rostro · fisonomía · semblante · faz
to countenance {verb}
aprobar · ver con buenos ojos
English-Spanish translation for "countenance"
"countenance" Spanish translation
countenance {noun}
countenance {noun} (also: pussy)
What we present to the world there now is not the military face of the European Union, but the pacific countenance of Europe.
countenance {noun}
The Lord said to Cain, ?Why are you angry and why has your countenance fallen?
and his countenance "fell" because "the Lord had regard for Abel
The Lord said to Cain, ?Why are you angry and why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted?
countenance of the Church, in spite of the various internal weaknesses that affected her in the postconciliar period.
So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
countenance {noun} (also: appearance, features, physiognomy)
countenance {noun} (also: expression, mien)
countenance {noun}
And there remains naught but the Countenance of your Lord of Might and Glory (or of Majesty and Nobility (Bounty and Honour)).
to countenance {verb}
to countenance [countenanced|countenanced] {vb} (also: to pass, to award, to adorn, to countersign)
Ireland could not countenance any suggestion of harmonising corporate tax rates, especially in this period of economic slow-down.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "countenance":
© Princeton Universitypermit · allow · let · visage · physiognomy · phiz · kisser · smiler · mug · sanction · endorsement · indorsement · warrant · imprimatur
Usage examples
Usage examples for "countenance" in Spanish
This is why I cannot countenance leaving open-ended the possibility of an even higher percentage of European Union GDP being committed to cohesion policies.
I told Madeline Albright last week that I did not believe that this Parliament would countenance any further delivery of new food aid this winter to Russia.
It is a dogged insistence by the democratically elected part of the institutions of this Union that we will not as Europeans countenance turning the clock back.
We cannot countenance repeatedly extending the management boards – from 15 to 25 – by adding additional experts, and then, if that does not work, setting up an executive board.
I hear that President Chirac expects the United Kingdom to bring its budget rebate into play, while he refuses to countenance reform of his farm policies before 2006.
I cannot countenance some members of a group being made to toe the line, with the result that we have to change the decision we voted in favour of in the Committee on Budgetary Control.
Similar words
council · councilman · counsel · counseling · counsellor · counsellors · counselor · count · countable · countdown · countenance · counter · counter-reformation · counterattack · counterclaim · counterclockwise · countercontact · countered · counterespionage · counterfeit · counterimmunoelectrophoresis
Have a look at the Czech-English dictionary by bab.la.