Mano becomes Manaza?

Question

The explanatory notes say that even if the body part is feminine it always uses azo rather than aza but the answer here for large hands was manazas. Shouldn't it be manazos?

Accepted Answer

Hola Alan and Henry, 
a clarification about "mano", "manazas" and "manotazo":
we are talking about different things; 
1. big hands 
this would be "manazas" because the original noun mano is feminine, so big hands = manazas
2. if we are talking about hitting someone with your hands, then, even if the original word is feminine, you make the new word with an -azo ending: la mano -》 manotazo
I hope this is clearer now. 
Inma

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Hola Henry,if you scroll down you will see the answer to this same question when Linda asked. Mano, although it looks masculine because of the -o ending, it is actually feminine, "la mano/una mano/las manos/unas manos".SaludosInma

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I was confused about this too. I assume that the rule about using -azo with feminine nouns only applies to the section about "using an object/part of your body or hitting with a part of your body".

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This should be clarified in the lesson because it's confusing. See #1 above. Please add something after the first section that mentions that the ending is based on the gender. Thanks!

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This should be clarified in the lesson because it's confusing. See #1 above. Please add something after the first section that mentions that the ending is based on the gender. Thanks!

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Hola a todosAn extra explanation has been added to the lesson regarding the word "manotazo" so, hopefully it's clear now. Gracias por la sugerencia.SaludosInma