 Despite its name, the present perfect tense in Spanish (and English as well) is used to refer to events that happened in the past.  In Spanish, the present perfect tense is formed by the present tense of haber followed by the past participle. (In English it's the present tense of "to have" followed by the past participle.)

All perfect tenses are made up of two parts: the helping verb and the past participle of the main verb: helping verb past participle helping verb past participle He has eaten. We have seen. They have left. You have finished. I have studied. She has fallen.

Yo he Tú has Él-ella-usted ha Nosotros/as hemos Vosotros/as habéis Ellos- ellas-Uds han HAVE /HAS DONE SOMETHING

El presente perfecto es un tiempo compuesto. (compound tense) formado con el presente del verbo HABER (to have) y el PARTICIPIO PASADO de otro verbo. EL PARTICIPIO PASADO se forma cambiando la terminación ARADO HABLAR HABLADO ERIDOCOMERCOMIDO IRIDOASISTIRASISTIDO

Yo he hablado Tú has hablado Él-ella-Ud. ha hablado Nosotros/as hemos hablado Vosotros/as habéis hablado Ellos/as Uds. Han hablado Con verbos ER - IR Yo he comido I have eaten Tú has dormido you have slept Él-ella-Ud. ha asistido he/she has attended. You have attended Nosotros/as hemos corrido We have run Vosotros/as habéis leído You all have read Ellos/as Uds. Han vendido They/ you all have sold Have /has spoken or talked

We use present perfect: 1- When speaking about something (an action) that was true in the past and still true in the present. He estudiado español por dos años.( I have studied spanish for two years.) 2- To indicate that an action was completed recently. He terminado la tarea. 3- To tell what you have or have not done. He estudiado español pero no he estudiado alemán.

VERBOPASADO PARTICIPIOINGLÉS HABLAR LAVAR ESCUCHAR TERMINAR PREPARAR ESTAR ESTUDIAR PRACTICAR CORRER TENER BARRER IR SER PERDER COMPARTIR RECIBIR

VERBOPASADO PARTICIPIOINGLÉS HABLAR HabladoSpoken/talked LAVAR Lavadowashed ESCUCHAR EscuchadoListened TERMINAR TerminadoFinished PREPARAR PreparadoPrepared ESTAR EstadoBeen ESTUDIAR EstudiadoStudied PRACTICAR PracticadoPracticed CORRER CorridoRun TENER TenidoHad BARRER BarridoSwept IR IdoGone SER SidoBeen PERDER PerdidoLost COMPARTIR CompartidoShared RECIBIR RecibidoReceived

There are, of course, irregular past participles in Spanish as there are in English. callhave called jumphave jumped lookhave looked eathave eated????have eaten bringhave bringed????have brought

VERBOPASADO PARTICIPIOINGLÉS ATRAER AtraídoAttracted CAER CaídoFallen LEER LeídoRead OÍR OídoHeard SONREÍR SonreídoSmiled TRAER TraídoBrought POSEER PoseídoPossesed

VERBOPASADO PARTICIPIOINGLÉS HACER HechoDone/made ROMPER RotoBroken ABRIR AbiertoOpened MORIR MuertoDied DECIR DichoSaid/told VER VistoSeen PROVEER ProvistoProvided VOLVER VueltoReturned DEVOLVER DevueltoReturned ENVOLVER EnvueltoWrapped DISOLVER DisueltoDissolved RESOLVER ResueltoResolved ESCRIBIR EscritoWritten

DESCRIBIRPASADO PARTICIPIOINGLÉS CUBRIR CubiertoCovered DESCUBRIR DescubiertoDiscovered PONER PuestoPlaced / put OPONER OpuestoOpposed FREÍR FritoFried PUDRIR PodridoRotten