This is the 11969th most frequent Spanish word.
incendiando
"Incendiando" means "setting on fire" or "igniting."
This sentence uses 'incendiando' as a continuous verb form (gerund) indicating an ongoing action of causing flames in the forest.
El bombero apagaba las llamas mientras el fuego seguía incendiando el bosque.
The firefighter was extinguishing the flames while the fire kept setting the forest ablaze.
Here, 'incendiando' is used metaphorically to imply intensifying or exaggerating.
Al contar el relato, estaba incendiando los detalles para hacerlo más dramático.
When recounting the story, he was exaggerating the details to make it more dramatic.
In this example, 'incendiando' directly describes the act of setting objects, specifically paintings, on fire.