Translation of gloat in Spanish

I have been living in Holland for the last 14 years and I know the mentality very well. Holland is a small country, everybody knows everybody, so if we want to succeed, we must seize the opportunity.
If I look at dictionaries they do not give long sentences, only specific words and their meaning when they are used in a compounded form, which by the way can mean something totally different than when used by themselves.
Besides, what do you do for living? Where exactly do you live in Venezuela? Southern Germany is also very beautiful with the Alps. Can you understand my German? I would like to improve it.