a or o heladas...?
Why does 'heladas' have an 'a' and not an 'o', at the end?

Salí afuera sin guantes y ahora tengo las manos heladas.

Question

a or o heladas...?
Why does 'heladas' have an 'a' and not an 'o', at the end?

Salí afuera sin guantes y ahora tengo las manos heladas.

Answer

The noun "mano" is feminine, LA mano, LAS manos...
Not all feminine nouns finish with an A.

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In this case "heladas" is an adjetive, and means very, very cold.
Male singular: helado
Male plural: helados
Female singular: helada
Female plural: heladas
Manos is a female plural noun, so "heladas".

In Argentina "helado" as a noun means "ice cream". Pay attention!! ^-^

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mano , or manos , it´s a feminine word , it doesn´t matter if it´s a man´s hand

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Spanish has no rules for masculine or feminine. In this case, "mano" is feminine.
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