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Quell'uomo va spesso all'estero.

Quell'uomo va spesso all'estero.
That man often goes abroad.
From Lesson 46:Articulated prepositions with a (al, alla)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Quell'uomo va spesso all'estero.

Why does this sentence use all' instead of just a or al?
All' is a combination of the preposition a (to) and the definite article l' (the). Because estero starts with a vowel, it uses the article l'. When you combine a + l', you get the articulated preposition all'.
What does all'estero literally translate to?
The word estero means "foreign" or "exterior." So, all'estero literally means "to the exterior" or "to the foreign (places)." This is the standard way to say "abroad" in Italian.
Why is there an apostrophe in quell'uomo? Can I just say quello uomo?
You can't say quello uomo. The masculine word for "that" is quello, but when it comes right before a noun starting with a vowel (like uomo), it drops its final vowel and takes an apostrophe to make it flow better: quell'uomo.
In English we say "often goes," so why does spesso come after the verb va here?
In Italian, adverbs of frequency like spesso (often) or sempre (always) usually go right after the verb they describe, rather than before it.

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