echar leña al fuego
Spanish, verb/eˌt͡ʃaɾ ˌleɲa al ˈfweɡo/
echar leña al fuego is a Spanish verb meaning “to add fuel to the fire, to pour gasoline on the fire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does echar leña al fuego mean in English?
verb
- 1
to add fuel to the fire, to pour gasoline on the fire
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of echar leña al fuego
- echo leña al fuego first-person present singular
- eché leña al fuego first-person preterite singular
- echado leña al fuego participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce echar leña al fuego?
- /eˌt͡ʃaɾ ˌleɲa al ˈfweɡo/
- [eˌt͡ʃaɾ ˌle.ɲa al ˈfwe.ɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.