1º_ In principle it is who receives "bread (food) and water (drink)" from someone who hires, houses and protects it, but then became synonymous with favorite, who has privileges for his proximity to a powerful group or person. See suffix -ado . 2º_ At the beginning of 2022 the term became popular in Mexico because it was used by the deputy of the PT ("Partido del Trabajo") Gerardo Fernández Noroña as an irony joining the previous meaning with the acronym PAN ("National Action Party") to name his followers.