To have done something in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal Speech: a-ber EH-cho AL-go

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haber hecho algo info.

**Tips to remember the word “haber hecho algo”**:
– Connect “haber” with the English auxiliary verb “to have.”
– Remember “hecho” is the past participle of “hacer,” which means “to do” or “to make.”
– Think of “hecho” as a “fact” or something that has been “made” or “done.”
– Associate “haber hecho algo” with the English phrase “to have done something.”

**Explanations**:
– “Haber hecho algo” is the Spanish perfect construction that indicates that an action has been completed.
– “Haber” is an auxiliary verb used with past participles to form perfect tenses.

**Other words that mean the same thing**:
– Realizar: to carry out, to achieve (similar to saying “to have carried out something”)
– Ejecutar: to execute, to perform (similar to saying “to have executed something”)

**Conjugations of “haber”**:
– Present: he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han (e.g., “He hecho mis tareas” – I have done my homework.)
– Preterite: hube, hubiste, hubo, hubimos, hubisteis, hubieron (e.g., “Hube hecho mi trabajo cuando llegaste” – I had done my work when you arrived.)
– Imperfect: había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían (e.g., “Había hecho ejercicio antes de desayunar” – I had done exercise before breakfast.)
– Future: habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán (e.g., “Habré hecho la cena antes de que vuelvas” – I will have made dinner before you return.)
– Conditional: habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían (e.g., “Habría hecho más si hubiera tenido tiempo” – I would have done more if I had had time.)
– Present Subjunctive: haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan (e.g., “Espero que hayas hecho lo correcto” – I hope you have done the right thing.)
– Past Subjunctive: hubiera or hubiese, hubieras or hubieses, hubiera or hubiese, hubiéramos or hubiésemos, hubierais or hubieseis, hubieran or hubiesen (e.g., “Si hubiera hecho calor, habríamos ido a la playa” – If it had been hot, we would have gone to the beach.)

**Examples of sentences using “haber hecho algo”**:
– “Ella ha hecho un pastel para la fiesta” – She has made a cake for the party.
– “Nosotros habíamos hecho planes para mañana” – We had made plans for tomorrow.
– “Si hubieras hecho tu tarea, ahora podrías jugar” – If you had done your homework, now you could play.
– “En el futuro, habré hecho muchas cosas que ahora me asustan” – In the future, I will have done many things that now scare me.
– “¿Habrán hecho ya la reserva en el restaurante?” – Will they have already made the reservation at the restaurant?

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