Estos días ando un poco agobiado.

In this sentence, estos días is an idiomatic time expression meaning lately, these days, or recently. It does not usually point to a precise set of days on a calendar. Instead, it gives a general time frame around now.

So Estos días ando un poco agobiado means something like:

• I’ve been a bit overwhelmed lately
• These days I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed

Andar can be used in Spanish, especially in everyday speech, to talk about someone’s current state or how they have been feeling/doing recently. In this kind of sentence, ando gives a slightly more casual, temporary, lived-in feeling than estoy.

So:

• Estoy un poco agobiado = I’m a bit overwhelmed
• Ando un poco agobiado = I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed / I’m going around a bit overwhelmed lately

Using andar often suggests a state that has been going on over a period of time, not just a single moment.

Not in this sentence.

Andar literally can mean to walk, but it also has other common uses, including describing someone’s general condition, situation, or how things have been going.

Here, ando does not mean I walk overwhelmed. It means something more like:

• I’ve been feeling
• I’ve been
• I’m doing / getting on

Context tells you which meaning is intended.

Ando is the first-person singular present indicative of andar.

• yo ando = I am / I go around / I’ve been depending on context

Even though it is a present tense form, with estos días it often refers to a present situation extended over recent days, which English may translate with I’ve been or I’m.

The correct word is agobiado, from the verb agobiar.

It means overwhelmed, stressed, under pressure, or burdened, depending on context.

The pattern is:

• agobiar = to overwhelm / to burden / to stress
• agobiado = overwhelmed / stressed

So the i is part of the normal formation from agobiar.

In Spain, agobiado is very common and usually means something like:

• overwhelmed
• stressed
• under pressure
• swamped
• mentally overloaded

It can refer to work, study, family obligations, lack of time, or even feeling emotionally weighed down.

So ando un poco agobiado sounds natural in Spain for saying you are not feeling relaxed because too many things are on your mind.

Because adjectives in Spanish usually agree with the person they describe.

• A male speaker would normally say agobiado
• A female speaker would normally say agobiada

So:

• Estos días ando un poco agobiado = said by a man
• Estos días ando un poco agobiada = said by a woman

Un poco means a little or a bit. It softens the statement.

Compare:

• Ando agobiado = I’m overwhelmed
• Ando un poco agobiado = I’m a bit overwhelmed

In conversation, this often makes the sentence sound more natural, less dramatic, or more polite.

Yes, absolutely. That is also correct and very natural.

There is a small nuance:

• Estoy un poco agobiado estos días sounds a bit more neutral and straightforward.
• Estos días ando un poco agobiado sounds a bit more colloquial and expressive, especially in Spain.

Both are common. The version with ando has a slightly more conversational tone.

Placing Estos días at the beginning sets the time frame first and makes it the topic of the sentence. It is very natural in Spanish.

It is similar to English sentences like:

• Lately, I’ve been a bit overwhelmed
• These days, I’m a bit overwhelmed

You could move it:

• Ando un poco agobiado estos días

That is also possible, but starting with Estos días sounds especially natural when you want to frame the whole statement around your recent situation.

It is generally informal to neutral and very natural in everyday conversation.

Why?

• ando is conversational
• agobiado is common spoken vocabulary in Spain
• the whole sentence sounds like something you would say to a friend, colleague, or acquaintance

It is not rude or slangy, but in a very formal setting you might choose something more neutral, such as:

• Últimamente me siento un poco agobiado
• Estos días estoy un poco saturado

Sometimes, but not always.

Agobiado usually focuses more on being overwhelmed, stressed, or under too much pressure. Anxious in English can sometimes suggest a stronger emotional or clinical sense that agobiado does not necessarily have.

So the safest translations are usually:

• overwhelmed
• stressed
• under pressure
• swamped

If the context is emotional, anxious might work, but it is not always the best first choice.

Yes. Últimamente is a very good alternative to estos días.

The difference is small:

• estos días = these days / lately, often tied to the current period
• últimamente = lately / recently, a bit more general

Both are natural:

• Estos días ando un poco agobiado
• Últimamente ando un poco agobiado

The first one may feel slightly more immediate or tied to what is happening right now.