present perfect v. preterite perfect

Question

I was always told that he, has, ha were present perfect and hube, hubiste, hubo were preterite perfect. I find terminology differs from course to course - is there a standard reference that explains the conventions on naming tenses?

Darrell

Answer

Hola Darrell
Our table of tenses names may clarify this for you. Have a look here.
Saludos

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Hi Inma, just want to add a general comment here: because the tense names are not standard across different websites or between Peninsular and LA Spanish, and in addition because the *name* of a tense is the least useful thing to know about it, I'd much prefer hints that had to do with the situation/context/etc. rather than the tense name.   Just my 2c - Thanks!