add oil

Meanings:

1.
Globalneutralliteral
- To pour or apply oil into or onto something (for example a pan, lamp, engine, or mixture) for cooking, lubrication, lighting, or processing purposes.
2.
Globalinformalfigurative
- To exacerbate or inflame a dispute, problem, or emotional situation; used similarly to 'add fuel to the fire'.
3.
Hong KongMainland ChinaEast AsiaWorld English (EFL/EAL contexts)colloquialinformal
- An encouragement meaning 'keep going' or 'give it your best', derived from Cantonese jiāyóu and used in regional and cross-cultural English.

Examples:

EN: You add oil to it and make pictures with it.
ES: Si le añades aceite, puedes usarlo para pintar.
EN: course I add oil to measure.
ES: Por supuesto, añado aceite a medida.
EN: Don't add oil to the fire, and stay quiet.
ES: Deja de empeorar esto y vuelve a tu departamento.
EN: Make all into an exquisite fine powder, to which add oil of marjoram, 12 drops.
ES: Mezclarlo todo y hacer un finísimo polvo, añadir 12 gotas de aceite de mejorana.
EN: Do you really have to add oil to the fire?
ES: ¿De verdad hay que poner leña al fuego?
EN: -"Did you add oil?" -"I did."
ES: - "¿Le añadiste aceite?". - "Sí".
EN: It's a two-stroke engine so you just need to add oil.
ES: Es un motor de dos tiempos, solo hay que añadirle aceite.
EN: But when I went to add oil to the lamps late at night, I heard her voice.
ES: Pero fui a poner aceite a las lámparas más tarde, y oí la voz de ella.
EN: If you go now, not only will you be unable to help her, you will even add oil to fire.
ES: S va ahora, no sólo no podrá ayudarla, sino que añadirá aceite al fuego.
EN: 12th Prince, when His Majesty heard that you didn't go to Shangshufang, he was already very angry. You kneeling here now won't that just add oil to fire?
ES: Zhen'er, no estoy luchando sólo para unirme a un viaje al sur, o simplemente desahogando mi descontento.
EN: And then we take the leftover juice... and we add oil to it. And that's howÂ patchouli is made.
ES: Entonces tomamos el jugo que quedó y le añadimos aceite.
EN: Now we add oil and butter, and flatten it.
ES: Agregamos aceite y mantequilla, y la aplanamos.
EN: All we need to do is add oil to the pan, and we are cooking.
ES: Solo tenemos que añadir aceite a la sartén y estamos cocinando.
EN: - No. You have to add oil and vinegar.
ES: Hay que ponerle el vinagre y el aceite.
EN: There is no need to add oil
HI: तेल जोड़ने की जरूरत नहीं

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