Most commonly used verb conjugations?

Question

I am kind of curious, from those who are fluent in speaking Spanish and/or were born in a Spanish speaking country. Which verb conjugations do you use MOST and which do you use least? I'm currently in Spanish 3 and aspiring to be a translator (not only for Spanish, but it's a good start). Also I don't know if this goes under culture or grammar, so I went safe and used grammar lol. Thanks ahead of time for any answers!

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Answer 1

Good morning!
The one I use the least, well, actually never is pretérito perfecto compuesto. I always replace it with another tense, generally pretérito perfecto simple.
I wouldn't say: He estado haciendo esta tarea desde las 11 de la mañana.
I would say: Estuve haciendo esta tarea desde las 11 de la mañana.
I think this is actually regional (I'm from CABA, Argentina). The few times I've heard someone using this tense, comes from people that are from other provinces. Lo que no significa que nunca vas a escuchar a un porteño usandolo, simplemente no es lo más común.
Another that I hardly ever use, is the future:
I wouldn't say: Mañana iré al parque.
I would say: Mañana voy a ir al parque.

En la misma, estoy pegado a cap. nunca uso esos tiempos verbales. - Pablo064, May 1, 2015

I would always use "He estado haciendo", never "estuve haciendo" - txustaboy, May 1, 2015