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/Sounds like "eh" (as in "egg") + "CHAHR" (as in "chat") + "LEH" (as in "let") + "nyah" (as in "Nyan") + "AHL" (as in "art") + "FWEH" + "goh" (as in "go")/

Meaning

To pour fuel on the fire: to make an already tense situation worse by adding comments or actions that escalate the conflict instead of calming it down. The person who always makes things worse when they intervene, used across the entire Spanish-speaking world.

Examples

Don't pour fuel on the fire, they are already at each other's throats.

His comment fanned the flames and the argument completely got out of hand.

Regional synonyms

Sounds like the English words "pick me girl." A girl who seeks male approval by putting down other women and bragging about being "not like other girls." A widely mocked stereotype on social media.