Doing spanish hw.. what does this mean: Scan the following selection, then...? ?

Question

Scan the following selection, then write all the cognates and other words that look familiar to you.

what does Cognates mean?

Answer 1

cognates are words that sound similar in english and in spanish and may have the same meaning in english and in spanish

Answer 2

Cognates are words that have a common origin. In other words a word in spanish that looks like the english word that it translates to.

For example:

ejemplo - example

fantasma - phantom or ghost

mucho - much

carro - car