borbonear

A politically loaded, distinctly Spanish verb describing improper royal meddling in politics — historically associated above all with Alfonso XIII's manipulation of governments in the early 20th century. Used pejoratively about a monarch, or by extension any powerful figure, overstepping their proper constitutional role; not in the official RAE dictionary but well established in Spanish political commentary.

• Los historiadores acusan a Alfonso XIII de borbonear con los gobiernos de turno. — Historians accuse Alfonso XIII of improperly meddling with the governments of the day.
• La Constitución de 1978 buscó evitar que el rey volviera a borbonear en política. — The 1978 Constitution sought to prevent the king from meddling improperly in politics again.
• Algunos columnistas usan borbonear para criticar cualquier injerencia real en asuntos de estado. — Some columnists use borbonear to criticize any royal interference in state affairs.

This isn't in the official RAE dictionary — it's a well-understood but informal/journalistic coinage specific to Spanish political commentary about the monarchy, not a general word for 'to interfere' (entrometerse) usable in any context.

• politics 1978 Spanish Constitution safeguards on royal power — Coined from the Bourbon dynasty's history of monarchs directly influencing Spanish governments — especially Alfonso XIII's meddling in the early 20th century — the term is invoked in commentary explaining why the 1978 Constitution requires the king's political acts to be countersigned by the government, precisely to prevent a repeat of that 'borboneo.'