Questions tagged [participio]

In Tomás Rivera's novel ...y no se lo tragó la Tierra, I noticed the following sentence: Ya le tengo prometido [sic] a la Virgen de San Juan una visita... Could this be a mistake? I would have expected "Ya le he prometido". In all examples of…

I am studying Spanish with the Michel Thomas Method. It says the following: To express the past, a Verb will end in either -ado or -ido. Before you use the past verb, you will use the appropriate prefix (e.g. he, ha, has, han or hemos). e.g. I…

Okay, so I have this sentence: Cuando La Segunda Guerra Mundial había terminado... I think this translates to: When World War II had ended... I want to know the difference between these: había terminado (had ended) terminó (ended) Also, should I…

In most cases, we can just use the past participle if we need the adjective form of a verb, such as saying camino olvidado or coche abollado. When/why do we use lleno instead of llenado?