echar leña al fuego

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “throw wood on the fire”.

Verb

echar leña al fuego (first-person singular present echo leña al fuego, first-person singular preterite eché leña al fuego, past participle echado leña al fuego)

1. (idiomatic) to add fuel to the fire, to pour gasoline on the fire

   Synonym: echar gasolina al fuego

Further reading

• “echar leña al fuego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10