Question about coding in a different language

Hi guys,
I'm currently making a page in Spanish and I have a question as far as how search engines see accent marks (´). On the normal page view one can see :áéíóú [hope everyone can see that]
but the html is looks like: áéíóú

Would this break up words when spidered by a search engine? There are several important words that I use as keywords which are accented and the last thing I want to do is break them up; however It's just as importatnt to use proper syntax. So, would spiders understand the code? or would they just see junk?

Appreciate the help!