This is the 6361st most frequent Russian word.
хватало
"Хватало" means "was enough" or "was sufficient."
Here, 'хватало' means 'had enough' in the sense of having sufficient patience.
Ему всегда хватало терпения объяснять материал.
He always had enough patience to explain the material.
In this instance, 'хватало' indicates a lack of sufficient time during a past event.
На прошлой неделе у нас не хватало времени, чтобы закончить проект.
Last week we did not have enough time to finish the project.
Here, 'хватило' questions whether there was sufficient strength among people to perform an action.