/Sounds like 'toom-BEH-roh'/
Someone with prison experience or who carries the culture, slang, and mindset of incarceration. In Argentina, tumbero can be a literal ex-convict or someone who simply speaks and acts like they've done time.
"Habla como tumbero aunque nunca estuvo preso."
"Después de dos años adentro, salió como tumbero de pies a cabeza. → He talks like an ex-con even though he's never been in jail."
"After two years inside, he came out with prison culture baked in."
/Sounds like 'toom-BEH-roh'/
Someone with prison experience or who carries the culture, slang, and mindset of incarceration. In Argentina, tumbero can be a literal ex-convict or someone who simply speaks and acts like they've done time.
"Habla como tumbero aunque nunca estuvo preso."
"Después de dos años adentro, salió como tumbero de pies a cabeza. → He talks like an ex-con even though he's never been in jail."
"After two years inside, he came out with prison culture baked in."