borbonear

Spanish

Etymology

From Borbón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boɾboneˈaɾ/ [boɾ.β̞o.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bor‧bo‧ne‧ar

Verb

borbonear (first-person singular present borboneo, first-person singular preterite borboneé, past participle borboneado)

1. (Spain, colloquial) to unduly meddle and/or interfere in politics (action restricted to Alfonso XIII and, by extension, other Spanish Bourbon monarchs), often with the result of the fall from grace of a politician.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of borbonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			borbonear
gerund			borboneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		borboneado		borboneada
		plural		borboneados		borboneadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	borboneo	borboneastú borboneásvos	borbonea	borboneamos	borboneáis	borbonean
	imperfect	borboneaba	borboneabas	borboneaba	borboneábamos	borboneabais	borboneaban
	preterite	borboneé	borboneaste	borboneó	borboneamos	borboneasteis	borbonearon
	future	borbonearé	borbonearás	borboneará	borbonearemos	borbonearéis	borbonearán
	conditional	borbonearía	borbonearías	borbonearía	borbonearíamos	borbonearíais	borbonearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	borbonee	borboneestú borboneésvos2	borbonee	borboneemos	borboneéis	borboneen
	imperfect (ra)	borboneara	borbonearas	borboneara	borboneáramos	borbonearais	borbonearan
	imperfect (se)	borbonease	borboneases	borbonease	borboneásemos	borboneaseis	borboneasen
	future1	borboneare	borboneares	borboneare	borboneáremos	borboneareis	borbonearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		borboneatú borboneávos	borbonee	borboneemos	borbonead	borboneen
	negative		no borbonees	no borbonee	no borboneemos	no borboneéis	no borboneen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of borbonear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive borbonear
	dative	borbonearme	borbonearte	borbonearle, borbonearse	borbonearnos	borbonearos	borbonearles, borbonearse
	accusative	borbonearme	borbonearte	borbonearlo, borbonearla, borbonearse	borbonearnos	borbonearos	borbonearlos, borbonearlas, borbonearse
with gerund borboneando
	dative	borboneándome	borboneándote	borboneándole, borboneándose	borboneándonos	borboneándoos	borboneándoles, borboneándose
	accusative	borboneándome	borboneándote	borboneándolo, borboneándola, borboneándose	borboneándonos	borboneándoos	borboneándolos, borboneándolas, borboneándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative borbonea
	dative	borbonéame	borbonéate	borbonéale	borbonéanos	not used	borbonéales
	accusative	borbonéame	borbonéate	borbonéalo, borbonéala	borbonéanos	not used	borbonéalos, borbonéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative borboneá
	dative	borboneame	borboneate	borboneale	borboneanos	not used	borboneales
	accusative	borboneame	borboneate	borbonealo, borboneala	borboneanos	not used	borbonealos, borbonealas
with formal second-person singular imperative borbonee
	dative	borbonéeme	not used	borbonéele, borbonéese	borbonéenos	not used	borbonéeles
	accusative	borbonéeme	not used	borbonéelo, borbonéela, borbonéese	borbonéenos	not used	borbonéelos, borbonéelas
with first-person plural imperative borboneemos
	dative	not used	borboneémoste	borboneémosle	borboneémonos	borboneémoos	borboneémosles
	accusative	not used	borboneémoste	borboneémoslo, borboneémosla	borboneémonos	borboneémoos	borboneémoslos, borboneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative borbonead
	dative	borboneadme	not used	borboneadle	borboneadnos	borboneaos	borboneadles
	accusative	borboneadme	not used	borboneadlo, borboneadla	borboneadnos	borboneaos	borboneadlos, borboneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative borboneen
	dative	borbonéenme	not used	borbonéenle	borbonéennos	not used	borbonéenles, borbonéense
	accusative	borbonéenme	not used	borbonéenlo, borbonéenla	borbonéennos	not used	borbonéenlos, borbonéenlas, borbonéense