Perfect
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The second one is better and would be perfect if "awake" was in the right tense...
- Subjunctive present perfect (pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo): Used primarily to express subjunctive past actions when the the preceding clause was in the present tense.
Source: Useful Notes / Spanish Language - Present perfect (pretérito perfecto): Essentially identical to the same tense in English; the best way to explain it is a "past action with present consequences." A compound tense, formed with a present tense form of haber.
Source: Useful Notes / Spanish Language
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