This is the 5784th most frequent Polish word.
zabraknąć
"Zabraknąć" means "to be missing" or "to lack."
In this context, 'zabrakło' is used to indicate absence or lack of someone or something important.
Na spotkaniu zabrakło kluczowej osoby.
The key person was missing at the meeting.
Here, 'zabraknąć' means to run out or to not have enough of something.
Jeśli nie kupimy więcej paliwa, może nam zabraknąć na drogę powrotną.
If we don't buy more fuel, we might run out of it on the way back.
In this sentence, 'zabrakło' is used figuratively to express a shortage or deficiency in oneself, like lacking words or expressions.