been

used with the verb 'to have' to form the present perfect tense of verbs

haber estado

• have been to somewhere

Collocations have been there · have never been here

• I have been to Paris twice.

  He estado en París dos veces.

used with the verb 'to be' to form a present perfect continuous tense of verbs

estar (en)

• be been doing something

Collocations have been waiting for hours · has been working all day

• She has been living here since 2015.

  Ella ha estado viviendo aquí desde 2015.