stingy person, penny-pincher
Meu chefe é tão pão duro que não compra nem café para o escritório.
My boss is so cheap he won't even buy coffee for the office.
The most frequently told version places pão-duro in early 20th-century Rio de Janeiro: a beggar who asked even for a simple piece of stale bread and, on dying, turned out to have substantial savings — a rich man who lived in poverty.
Source: Só Português.
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