puñado
/puˈɲado/ · B1 · noun · m
handful
✊🥜 puño (fist) + -ado = a fistful, a handful
Spanish puño means fist, from Latin pugnus, the root of pugilist, a boxer. The suffix -ado means the amount something holds, so a puñado is as much as your fist can hold. Un puñado de can also mean just a few, as in un puñado de amigos.