Considered the first epic poem created by Europeans in North America, The History of New Mexico is a political device as well as a literary account, for Villagra's intended audience-of-one is the king of Spain with his control of the empire's purse. (In this translation, the cantos are rendered into prose.
arrogantly - in an arrogant manner; in the old days she had been harsh and stiff ; afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid. Translations.
â¢ Brag. ( 1 adv.) Proudly; boastfully. ( 2 v. t.) To boast of. ( 3 n.) The thing which is boasted of. ( n.) A game at cards similar to 1  bluff. (n.) A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. ( v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.