something that causes someone to become arrogant (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tenepoalti. cosa que haze ensoberuecer a alguno. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 99r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.