Tombamento = Listing as a historic place; listing in the Register of Historic Places.
Livro do tombo = o equivalente nos EUA é o ‘National Register of Historic Places’. No Reino Unido é o ‘Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest’.
Esta casa foi tombada = This house was listed in the Register of Historic Places; This house is protected as a historic place; this house is protected as cultural heritage; This house is a listed building.
Bem tombado = listed property; listed building; property listed in the Register of Historic Places; property protected as a historic place; property protected as cultural heritage.