Kirsten,
Could you post the full output of the following SQL code? This will help me
gather info on your environment and help provide more direct and faster
answers.

use <your_database_name_here>
go
SELECT @@language
SELECT @@version
-- will need to set 'show advance options' first...
sp_configure 'default full-text language'
EXEC sp_help_fulltext_catalogs
EXEC sp_help_fulltext_tables
EXEC sp_help_fulltext_columns
EXEC sp_help <your_FT-enable_table_name_here>
go

Are the words or phrases that you expect are the accented words? For
example, cafe vs. Café (note, the accent on the e).
If so, you should bear in mind that SQL Server 2000 is not accent sensitive,
i.e.. accent in-sensitive and that this is fixed only in SQL Server 2005.

If not, do you get the expected results if you alter the CONTAINS query and
not reference the "tablename.columnname", for example:

select Nombre from insumos
where CONTAINS(Nombre, '"vase*"')

Thanks,
John

Is this one or 4 rows? Vaselina is a match to the wildcarded vase.