This is the 9749th most frequent Catalan word.
manqués
"Manqués" is the second-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of the verb "mancar," meaning "you lacked" or "you missed" (hypothetically or conditionally).
Here, "manqués" represents a conditional situation in the past requiring the subjunctive mood.
Si no manqués res, podriem anar a la festa.
If nothing were lacking, we could go to the party.
In this sentence, "manqués" expresses an imperfection or lack in a past context.
Semblava que manqués alguna cosa per entendre la situació.
It seemed that something was missing to understand the situation.
The word "manqués" is used here in the subjunctive imperfect to denote a hypothetical condition.