he estado versus he habido?

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When do you use he estado versus he habido?

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Answer 1

When do you use he estado versus he habido?

You don’t use he habido, that I know of, you can use ha habido to mean there have/has been with habido being used in the same manner as “hay”- to use this sense of haber (the non-auxiliary one) in a perfect tense. I suppose you could use había habido and habrá habido, etc. as well.

See here:

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=419033

He habido no se usa nunca.

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Haber can also be used as the main verb in a sentence. For example, There has been a lot of traffic lately=Ha habido mucho trafico ultimamente.

Answer 2

You would use 'estado' to describe actions over a prolonged time period or to refer to the state or location of someone or something.

He estado en España durante seis años.

Whereas you would use 'habido' to refer to the existence of something. For this reason you are unlikely to come across 'he habido'.

Ha habido un accidente.

There has been an accident. (It came into existence)