Alergía or Alergia?

Question

Under the word for allergy the dictionary has "alergia" and Lesson 2.15 has it spelled "alergía", so I'm confused as to which one is correct. Could anyone clarify for me?

Thanks, Stormy

Answer 1

According to the D R A E no accent mark.

Thank you! :) - LiveUnsheathed, Feb 1, 2011

:) - FELIZ77, Feb 1, 2011

Answer 2

It CAN be written "Alergía" but this is unnecessary as the accent change would not lead to a different meaning or conjugation.

So you're saying it can be pronounced Al ER gia OR AlergIA? That seems odd.

No, I'm saying that it would be pronounced the same way, regardless of whether or not the accent mark is there. - NCISfan15, Feb 1, 2011

How do you figure? The accent mark changes the pronunciation completely. - jeezzle, Feb 1, 2011

No accent on this one! agreed and confirmed. - pacofinkler, Feb 1, 2011

No tiene acento, people! - gone, Feb 1, 2011

Answer 3

It CAN be written "Alergía", but this is unnecessary as the accent change would not lead to a different meaning or conjugation.

So-Cal all the way!

This is incorrect. Look at Jeezle's post and you'll see the confusion the accent mark would cause - 005faa61, Feb 1, 2011

Julián is right. No accent, folks. - gone, Feb 1, 2011

Answer 4

Accoring to my Oxford Spanish Dictionary allergy is spelt alergia without an accent so Kevin is correct!

However, the adjective alérgico / -ca has an accent and refers to a person who is allergic por ejemplo: María es una persona alérgica.= Maria (Mary) is an alergic person

Compare this with: María tiene una alergia = Maria has an allergy

I hope this also helps clarify the situation a little bit more