0 the amount of something that you can hold in one hand -- puñado
a handful of nuts
2 someone who is difficult to control, especially a child -- un revoltoso, una revoltosa
Daisy is only three, but she’s quite a handful.
3 the amount held in one hand -- puñado [ masculine ]
a handful of candy un puñado de dulces
4 a small number -- un puñado de [ masculine ]
Just a handful of people showed up. Sólo un puñado de personas apareció.
5 sb who is difficult to deal with -- problemático/ica [ masculine-feminine ]
The public service monopoly in a sector of national sovereignty will be replaced by the oligopoly of a handful of multinationals.
I would, though, also like to say that enlargement has not been the work of just a handful of people.
Only a handful of shareholders and investors have benefited from deregulation.
We shall never allow the supply to be determined by a handful of multinational companies.
There is always a handful of people who are susceptible to this.
Today, those who leave their farm to their children risk leaving them with a handful of debts.
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數量, 一把(之量), 少量…
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数量, 一把(之量), 少量…
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punhado…
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一握りの量…
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el/avuç dolusu…
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poignée [feminine], personne [feminine] difficile, poignée…
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grapat…
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حِفْنة, قُبْضة…
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