Spanish speakers who learn English have a big advantage over many others when they decide to learn English because about 32% of English comes directly from French and Latin. If you look through this book you will recognize hundreds and perhaps thousands of cognates. Below is a random sample from the book and I think every word has a cognate in Spanish:
compact covenant
compassion kindness
compatible well-matched,
harmonious
compatriot countryman
compelling convincing, persuasive
compendium summary
compensate make up for
compensatory redeeming
competence skillfulness
compile collect
complacent self-satisfied,
oblivious to coming danger
compliant submissive, conforming
complicity guilt by association
comport to conduct oneself
composed cool, self-possessed
compound augment
comprehensive thorough
comprise consist of
compulsive obsessive
compulsory obligatory
compunction remorse
concatenate link
concave curving inward
concede yield, grant
concerted done together,
intensive effort
conch spiral shell
conciliatory reconciling, restoring goodwill
concise brief
conclusive convincing, ending
doubt
concoct devise
concomitant accompanying,
concurrent
concord accord
concordat agreement
concourse throng, open space for
a gathering
concubine mistress
concur agree
concurrent simultaneous
condescend patronize, talk down to
condiment seasoning
condolence commiseration
condone overlook wrong doing, pardon
conducive helping