What is the difference between ‘el pretérito perfecto’ and ‘el pretérito perfecto compuesto’ ?
Pretérito perfecto / compuesto
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Douglas D.Kwiziq community member
Pretérito perfecto / compuesto
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Conjugate regular -er, -ir verbs in the present perfect tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Perfecto)"
Asked 4 years ago
Hola Douglas
There is no difference at all, the present perfect (in English) is sometimes called El Pretérito Perfecto and sometimes El Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto. The latter is to differentiate it from "El Pretérito Perfecto Simple" which is the "past simple" ( I did, you did, he did...).
Kwiziq has a table where you can see all different names used for different tenses. Have a look here. I hope this helps.
Saludos
Inma
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