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puñado

/puˈɲado/, [puˈɲa.ð̞o]

handful

Noun puñado m (plural puñados)

  1. a handful, fistful
  2. a lot

Verb puñado m (feminine singular puñada, masculine plural puñados, feminine plural puñadas)

  1. Masculine singular past participle of puñar.

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Examples

  • Un puñado de soldados es siempre mejor que una bocanada de argumentos.

    A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

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  • Muchas de las aproximadamente siete mil lenguas existentes en el mundo las hablan sólo un puñado de personas vivas y están en peligro de extinción.

    Many of the world's seven thousand or so languages are spoken only by handfuls of living people and are in danger of extinction.

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  • Tom sacó un puñado de palomitas de maíz del pote.

    Tom took a handful of popcorn from the bowl.

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  • Solo un puñado de gente vino a la reunión.

    Only a handful of people came to the meeting.

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  • La dificultad del idioma japonés impide que los extranjeros, a excepción de un puñado, tengan un acercamiento a la literatura japonesa en su idioma original.

    The difficulties of the Japanese language prevent all but a handful of foreigners from approaching the literature in the original.

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  • Tom se comió un puñado de pasas.

    Tom ate a handful of raisins.

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  • Solo un puñado de personas conocen el hecho.

    Only a handful of people know the fact.

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  • Todo lo que tengo es mi cuerpo herido y un puñado de malos recuerdos.

    All I have is my wounded body and a handful of bad memories.

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  • El niño juntó un puñado de maníes y los metió en una cajita.

    The boy gathered a handful of peanuts and put them in a small box.

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  • Había un buen puñado de candidatos para el puesto.

    There were a good many candidates for the position.

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