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Learn hacer conjugation in Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto

hacer means: to do, to make
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In this Spanish conjugation lesson we will learn how to conjugate the verb hacer in the Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create and translate forms of each grammatical person.

How to translate Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto to English

Note that the phrases in English provided below next to each conjugation are not direct translations from Spanish to English. They are usually the closest general equivalents. The example differences are:
  • In Spanish conjugation, there is the form usted in the third person singular. But this person does not translate to the English third person singular. It translates to the so called formal you and uses the inflected form which is most often represented as he/she/it in English conjugation charts.
  • Similar situation happens in the third person plural, where ustedes translates to the English plural formal you but uses the form which corresponds to the they form in English.
  • Tenses are used differently in Spanish and English, so the actual translation should always take into account the context and focus on translating the meaning, not just words.
  • In both languages each verb may have multiple meanings and not every meaning translates directly to the other language. Here also, the context and focusing on the particular meaning helps to create the most accurate translation.

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Step by step instructions

Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto is a compound tense (Spanish: compuesto). It means that all of its conjugated forms consist of two words. In Spanish language, there are also simple tenses, where each conjugated verb form is one word long.

A compound tense is indicated by the ending of the auxiliary verb, not by the ending of the main verb, which is the case in Spanish simple tenses.In the compound tenses, every person’s form consist of two parts:
  • A conjugated form of the auxiliary verb haber. In case of the Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto de Indicativo tense, we use the Presente de Indicativo (Present) conjugation of haber
  • Past Participle, which is always the same in every compound tense for a given verb
Check out the conjugation charts and this haber conjugation lesson to learn how to conjugate the auxiliary verb haber. That’s a separate topic, so for brevity we’ll focus on the parts derived from hacer only in this lesson.This verb has an irregular Participle which needs to be learned by heart. It is hecho.
In order to create the first person singular form, we simply take the first person singular form of haber conjugated in Presente de Indicativo, which is he. And to that we add the Participio hecho to get he hecho:
  • yo he hecho – I have done
Next, to create the form for the second person singular, we again simply take the second person singular form of haber from the Presente de Indicativo tense, and that is has. And to this auxiliary verb we add the Participio hecho (so the exact same word as previously) to get has hecho:
  • tú has hecho – you have done
Similarly, if we want to create the form for the third person singular, we conjugate haber in the Presente tense and we utilize the corresponding person’s form (third person singular), namely ha. Then we also take the same Participio as for all other persons, and putting them together we get ha hecho:
  • él ha hecho – he has done
  • ella ha hecho – she has done
  • usted ha hecho – (formal) you have done
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The first person plural has the form hemos hecho. It’s created by following the same logic as in the other persons. We first take the form of the first person plural from haber conjugation in the Presente de Indicativo tense: hemos. Second, to this word we again add the Participio of hacer: hecho to get hemos hecho:
  • nosotros hemos hecho – we have done
  • nosotras hemos hecho – (feminine) we have done
Again, let’s do the same for the second person plural. We need to get the inflected form of the verb haber in the Presente de Indicativo tense, second person plural, and it’s habéis. Next, we take our unchanged Participio, we join them, and we get habéis hecho:
  • vosotros habéis hecho – (plural) you have done
  • vosotras habéis hecho – (feminine, plural) you have done
And finally, the last grammatical person on the list, the third person plural, has the form han hecho. We create it in the exact same manner as in all the other grammatical persons. We need the third person plural of haber first, from its Presente conjugation. It is han. We add the Participio of hacer again (hecho) to get han hecho:
  • ellos han hecho – they have done
  • ellas han hecho – (feminine) they have done
  • ustedes han hecho – (formal, plural) you have done

That’s it! The conjugation is now complete. That’s the final result:

yohe hechoI have done
has hechoyou have done
él/ella/ustedha hechohe/she/it has done
nosotros/nosotrashemos hechowe have done
vosotros/vosotrashabéis hechoyou have done
ellos/ellas/ustedeshan hechothey have done
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But do not end your session yet – it is very important to repeat and practice the material in order to retain it. Check below for example sentences and suggestions.

Example sentences

Enfrentémonos al problema juntos, igual que hemos hecho siempre.
Let's face the problem together, as we always have.
No puedo aceptar un regalo tan caro después de todo lo que has hecho por mí.
I cannot accept a gift that expensive after all you've done for me.
Os presentaré a un hombre que ha hecho más que nadie para fundar este pueblo.
I will introduce you to a man who has done more than anyone to establish this town.
Todavía no he hecho la tarea.
I haven't done the homework yet.

Next Steps to Perfection

  • To practice this conjugation and test your skills check this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game
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  • For exercises and examples related to hacer visit our Exercise section
  • To see conjugation charts in all tenses for hacer visit the Conjugator
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