Home screen widgets
The day, a word in Nahuatl and the Mexica clock, without opening anything
What they are
Three widgets: the day, a word in Nahuatl and the Mexica clock. They sit on the home screen and update themselves without opening the app.
No data used at all: the calculation happens on the device and there are no network requests. The refresh is the system's own, once a day.
The Mexica clock shows the hour within the Mexica day, which does not begin at midnight.
The walk of the day is among the things that never expire, once the twenty-day trial is over.
The Nahuatl word of the day, in more detail
It is the widget people ask about most, so it is worth saying what it carries.
Each day a Spanish word that was already Nahuatl, with its etymon, its gloss and its entry in fray Alonso de Molina's Vocabulario (1571) — the first dictionary of Nahuatl, and what backs every entry.
cacahuate, from tlalcacahuatl — «cacao of the earth»: the cacao that grows under the ground. hule, from olli — the tree gum the ball game was played with. petate, from petlatl — the woven palm mat that rolls up into a bed.
And some correct what everyone repeats. Chocolate is the best case: the form xocolātl that circulates everywhere is not attested in the early sources. The Spanish word is certain; the exact etymon is still disputed, and there is more than one proposal in the literature. The widget says so rather than taking the comfortable version as settled.
The word of the day is not random: the count picks it. The same tonal day always gives the same word, and it does not change between phones or on reinstalling.
Questions that reach this page
Is there an Aztec calendar widget for Android? Yes, three: the day, a word in Nahuatl and the Mexica clock. They sit on the home screen and update themselves without opening the app.
Do the Mexica calendar widgets use battery or data? No data at all: the calculation happens on the device and there are no network requests. The refresh is the system's own, once a day.
Are the Alma Mexica widgets free? The walk of the day is among the things that never expire, once the twenty-day trial is over.
Where do the widget's words come from? From fray Alonso de Molina's Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana of 1571 — the first dictionary of Nahuatl. Each entry carries its lemma.
Does chocolate come from xocolātl? It is what everyone repeats, but that form is not attested in the early sources. The Spanish word is certain; the exact etymon is still disputed.
Twenty full days on installing. What is on the web and what is in the app.
How to cite this page
Alma Mexica, «Home screen widgets», The app. Revised 2026-09-17. https://almamexica.org/en/app/widgets/
Questions that reach this page
What English and Spanish words come from Nahuatl?
Chocolate, tomato, avocado, chilli, coyote, ocelot and cocoa all reached English through Spanish from Nahuatl. In Mexican Spanish the list is far longer: cacahuate, hule, petate, mezcal, guacamole, elote. The widget brings one a day with its etymon and its entry in Molina's Vocabulario of 1571.
Does the word chocolate come from xocolatl?
It is what everyone repeats, but the form xocolātl is not attested in the early sources. The Spanish word is certain; the exact etymon is still disputed, and there is more than one proposal in the scholarly literature.