Also means
handful
Usage Note
Pugno means a clenched fist or a punch, but also a handful of something — un pugno di sale means 'a handful of salt'. The plural pugni is regular. The idiom prendere a pugni means to punch repeatedly.
Examples
"Ha dato un pugno al muro."
Natural Translation
He punched the wall.
Literal Translation
He gave a punch to the wall.
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