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Sus manazas son fuertes, pero él está cansado.

Sus manazas son fuertes, pero él está cansado.
His huge hands are strong, but he is tired.
From Lesson 295:Augmentative suffixes (-ón, -ote, -azo)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Sus manazas son fuertes, pero él está cansado.

Why is it manazas with an -a instead of -os when the root word is mano?
Even though mano ends in -o, it is a feminine noun. When you add an augmentative suffix like -azo or -aza, the suffix must match the original noun's gender. Therefore, the feminine mano takes the feminine suffix to become manaza (plural manazas).
Does adding the -aza suffix in manazas just mean his hands are physically large?
It means they are physically large, but suffixes like -azo and -aza often add a subjective feeling too. They can imply clumsiness or rough, heavy power. Here, paired with fuertes (strong), it emphasizes that his hands are impressively large and powerful.
Why does this sentence use both son and está?
It shows the classic difference between the two verbs for being. We use son (from ser) for fuertes because having strong hands is an inherent physical trait. We use está (from estar) for cansado because being tired is a temporary state or condition.
Since the sentence refers to one person, why is the first word Sus plural instead of Su?
In Spanish, possessive words like su and sus must agree with the number of the items being owned, not the person who owns them. Because the hands (manazas) are plural, the possessive must be the plural sus.

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