To add fuel to the fire in Spanish
To add fuel to the fire in Spanish is echar leña al fuego (eh-CHAHR LEH-nyah ahl FWEH-goh).
- Spanish
- echar leña al fuego
- Say it
- eh-CHAHR LEH-nyah ahl FWEH-goh
- Note
- To make a conflict or problem worse.
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- pan comidoa piece of cake (easy task) · pahn koh-MEE-doh
- en un abrir y cerrar de ojosin the blink of an eye · ehn oon ah-BREER ee seh-RRAHR deh OH-hohs
- de vez en cuandofrom time to time · deh BEHS ehn KWAHN-doh
- por si las moscasjust in case · por see lahs MOHS-kahs
- contra viento y mareaagainst all odds · KOHN-trah BYEHN-toh ee mah-REH-ah
- sin lugar a dudaswithout a doubt · seen loo-GAHR ah DOO-dahs
- poco a pocolittle by little · POH-koh ah POH-koh
- matar dos pájaros de un tiroto kill two birds with one stone · mah-TAHR dohs PAH-hah-rohs deh oon TEE-roh
Questions about echar leña al fuego
How do you say to add fuel to the fire in Spanish?
To add fuel to the fire in Spanish is echar leña al fuego. To make a conflict or problem worse.
How do you pronounce echar leña al fuego?
Say it eh-CHAHR LEH-nyah ahl FWEH-goh. The syllables in capitals are stressed: CHAHR, LEH and FWEH. This guide follows Latin American Spanish.
What does echar leña al fuego mean in English?
In English, echar leña al fuego means to add fuel to the fire.
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