countenance
 noun
 rostro
EN He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high crowned hat and feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with roses in them.
GL Era un vello corpulento, de rostro desfigurado; levaba posto un xibón con encaixe, un cinto ancho con puñal, sombreiro de copa con pluma, calcetíns vermellos e zapatos de tacón alto con escarapelas.
 Fonte: RIP (89)
faciana
EN When they drew near he motioned them away with an expressive action of the foot, loath to disturb the fixed lines of his countenance, his arms, or his rigid shoulders.
GL Cada vez que se achegaban a el, apartábaos cun expresivo aceno de pé, non disposto a muda-las fixas liñas da súa faciana, dos seus brazos e dos seus ríxidos ombros.
Fonte: ESP (1899)
face
EN The torture of the soul had come forth upon the countenance.
GL A tortura da alma viñérase adiante sobre a face.
Fonte: EDW (130)
transitive verb
tolerar
EN Local committee elders are reluctant to interfere in the lives of people they don't know, and residents are unwilling to countenance interference, says Wang, a former member of Beijing University's law faculty and practicing lawyer in Beijing.
GL As anciás dos comités locais non teñen interese en intervir na vida de persoas que non coñecen, e os residentes non están dispostos a tolera-las súas intromisións, di Wang, antigo profesor da Facultade de Dereito de Pequín.
Fonte: C32 (624)
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cotton, cotton-growing, couch, cough, council, counsel, counselling, counsellor, count, countenance, counter, counteract, counter-attack, counter-culture, counterfeit, counter-melody, counterpart, counterpoint, counterpoise