Categorically, when we speak of time we are referring to a verbal structure whose objective is to speak or express matters that have or have not occurred. Let's keep in mind that in English we use elements such as (have or has in the company of a past participle like the cases of danced, drank, dreamed) looking for a way to make known the events that have occurred in our lives, no matter if they happened a few hours, days or years ago, understanding this we will have a clearer notion since the perfect time in Spanish is used in a very similar way.
It is easy to notice in the expressions and in the daily life how the use of the perfect time is found in Spanish to talk about eventualities of a recent past, a matter that in English would be carried out in such a case with the simple past.
In the perfect tense also reflective verbs intervene, which are constituted in the same way as for ordinary verbs. An important point in this aspect is to keep in mind that the reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, nos, os, se) must be accompanied later by (he, has, ha...) as seen below.
| Suject | Reflexive pronoun | Companion | Past participle | Orientation |
| Yo | me | he | bañado | Me he bañado. (I took a bath) |
| Tú | a | has | bañado | Te has bañado. (You have bathed) |
| Él/Ella | se | ha | bañado | Se ha bañado (He has bathed) |
| Nosotros | nos | hemos | bañado | Nos hemos bañado. (We have bathed) |
| Vosotros | la | habéis | bañado | La habéis bañado. (You have bathed her) |
| Ellos/Ellas | se | han | bañado | Se han bañado. (They have bathed) |
Present perfect tense can be used with expressions that are unspecific in time:
