Present perfect tense

The pretérito perfecto is similar in nature to the English present perfect tense. It is used to describe:

• actions in the past that have been recently completed

• actions in the past that started in the past and are still continuing or seen as the present

• completed actions that influence the present or future

• experiences in your life that have (or have not) happened

• Time words

If you see these time words, you can usually use the pretérito perfecto:

• este/esta semana, mes, año, tarde, verano, primavera, invierno, otoño, fin de semana

• hoy

• últimamente

• hace 5 minutos, poco, un rato, un momento ,1 hora, 2 horas

• ya

• nunca

• todavía no

It is formed by changing the verb haber to the correct pronoun before conjugating the end of the verb to ado or ido.

-ar →ado

-ir →ido

yo - he

tu - has

el/ella/usted - ha

nosotros - hemos

vosotros - habeis

ellos/ellas - han

Por ejemplo:

Ha vivado en londres toda mi vida - I have lived in London all my life.

Esta semana, mis padres me han llamado 3 veces - This week,my parents have called me 3 times.