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I understand どこぞ is "Someplace/somewhere" and a の adjective, but how it's actually modifying 力自慢?

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The particle の here indicates the location (e.g. 大阪の友人 "the friend (who is located/ who lives) in Osaka,") so the literal meaning is "力自慢 who is located/ lives somewhere". どこぞ has a vaguer nuance than どこか, so it can be simply translated as "the (said) 力自慢", if context allows.

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    +1. Just to be clear, this type of どこぞの adds a nuance like a certain someone or you-know-who.
    – naruto
    Commented Sep 20, 2023 at 1:30
  • Wait 力自慢 is being modified though? Like "The boasting of one strength from somewhere"? Is it the actor of the passive? And not adverbial?
    – Kawase_K
    Commented Sep 20, 2023 at 11:04
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    In this sentence, 力自慢 is not an action of boasting one's power, but the person doing so (or strong enough to do so).
    – rk03
    Commented Sep 20, 2023 at 12:40
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    Oh, this is yet another example where jisho.org is useless... Here 力自慢 is a noun meaning "(braggart) strongman". All in all, どこぞの力自慢 is "a certain strongman (from somewhere)".
    – naruto
    Commented Sep 20, 2023 at 14:37

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