No. 5,784 in Polish
zabraknąć
"Zabraknąć" means "to be missing" or "to lack."
In a sentence
Na spotkaniu zabrakło kluczowej osoby.
The key person was missing at the meeting.
In this context, 'zabrakło' is used to indicate absence or lack of someone or something important.
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.
Here, 'zabraknąć' means to run out or to not have enough of something.
Czuję, że zabrakło mi słów, aby opisać tę sytuację.
I feel that I lacked the words to describe this situation.
In this sentence, 'zabrakło' is used figuratively to express a shortage or deficiency in oneself, like lacking words or expressions.
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