No. 6,361 in Russian
хватало
"Хватало" means "was enough" or "was sufficient."
In a sentence
Ему всегда хватало терпения объяснять материал.
He always had enough patience to explain the material.
Here, 'хватало' means 'had enough' in the sense of having sufficient patience.
На прошлой неделе у нас не хватало времени, чтобы закончить проект.
Last week we did not have enough time to finish the project.
In this instance, 'хватало' indicates a lack of sufficient time during a past event.
Хватило ли кому-нибудь сил поднять этот тяжёлый груз?
Did anyone have enough strength to lift this heavy load?
Here, 'хватило' questions whether there was sufficient strength among people to perform an action.
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