Puñado in english
Handful
pronunciation: hændfʊl part of speech: noun
pronunciation: hændfʊl part of speech: noun
In gestures
puñado = handful ; fistful.
Example: Some friends have scavenged the boxes of books and taken away a few handfuls.Example: They topped off their glasses and grabbed a few fistfuls of the remaining delicacies.more:
» a puñados = by the sackful ; by the handful ; by the bucketful ; by the bucketload ; by the fistful ; by the cartload [También se usa by cartloads] ; by the carload .
Example: Kolya transported the harvested cucumbers to the village store where the locals bought them by the sackful. Example: On Crete the locals eat them by the handful and spit out the pits like watermelon seeds. Example: I could seriously eat this by the bucketful without any regrets whatsoever. Example: Those one-off singles may sell by the bucketload but everyone knows that has nothing to do with good music. Example: On more than one occasion we've seen him eating this stuff by the fistful. Example: The disease raged for sixty days, killing by the cartload. Example: This highly anticipated family event has attracted consumers by the carload.» quedar sólo un puñado = there + be + just a handful of + Pronombre + left .
Example: As the afternoon progressed, more and more people departed and there was just a handful of us left to explore the house.» sólo un puñado de personas = only a handful of people .
Example: But his radical views on religion would destroy his success, and by the end of his life, only a handful of people attended his funeral.» un puñado de = a bunch of ; a handful of ; a clutch of ; a fistful of .
Example: So I feel, in Mr. Kilgour's behalf, that everybody should understand that OCLC is a bunch of individuals. Example: It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users. Example: The article 'Flying starts' features a clutch of 7 new and promising authors and illustrators on the children's book scene this year. Example: He swallowed a fistful of sweets and after a while seemed to recover his natural pallor.» un puñado de dinero = a bundle of money .
Example: Frank found a bundle of money in plain view in one of the dresser's drawers in his hotel room.