policiaco o policíaco

Question

In Span!shD!ct I saw this:

policiaco, -a, policíaco, -a adjective also: * película/novela policiaca -> detective film/novel

Are they both correct? I mean with and without acento?

Answer 1

I prefer the accented version. And I´ll always pronounce it that way: po-li-cí-a-co

But DRAE needs to sell dictionaries desperately, so they change the rules to include well-documented mistakes as ignoring an accented diphthong that implies a hiatus.

Other examples:

amoníaco

demoníaco

paradisíaco

Thank you - gem2006, Jan 29, 2011

Answer 2

I think that in América we write and pronounce more: policiaco, whereas policíaco is more used in Spain.

Both are accepted by the RAE.

Thanks - gem2006, Jan 29, 2011

Answer 3

policíaco, ca o policiaco, ca.

1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo a la policía.

2. adj. Dicho de una obra literaria o cinematográfica: Cuyo tema es la búsqueda del culpable de un delito.

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