pegar fogo
Portuguese
Verb
pegar fogo (first-person singular present pego fogo, first-person singular preterite peguei fogo, past participle pegado fogo)
- to catch fire (become engulfed with flames)
- (figurative, of a situation) to become chaotic
Further reading
- “pegar fogo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026