agarrar fuego el cañal

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Spanish

Etymology

Literally, (to have) the reed field catch fire, from the traditional practice of burning reed fields before harvest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡaˌraɾ ˌfweɡo el kaˈɲal/
  • Syllabification: a‧ga‧rrar fue‧go el ca‧ñal

Verb

agarrar fuego el cañal (impersonal, third-person singular present agarra fuego el cañal, third-person singular preterite agarró fuego el cañal, past participle agarrado fuego el cañal)

  1. (impersonal, colloquial, idiomatic, El Salvador) to have a situation or problem get more complicated or worse; to have a situation or problem go downhill.
    Cuando él la insultó agarró fuego el cañal.
    When he insulted her the situation got worse.

Conjugation